tore

tore · adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dus-“bad, ill, difficult”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*tuz-“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”
3. Old Norse · derived fromtor-“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”
4. Middle English · inherited fromtor
5. English todaytore

From Middle English tor, tore, toor, from Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”). Cognate with Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix), Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix). More at dys-.

tore · noun²

See torus.

tore · noun³

Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.

Words from the same roots