torrent · noun, adjective, verb1
- Latin · derived fromtorrēre“to parch, scorch”
- Latin · derived fromtorrentem
- Italian · derived fromtorrente
- French · borrowed fromtorrent
- English todaytorrent
Borrowed from French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrentem, accusative of torrēns (“burning, seething, roaring”), from Latin torrēre (“to parch, scorch”).
torrent · noun, verb2
From BitTorrent and the file extension it uses for metadata (.torrent); ultimately from etymology 1, carrying the notion of the flow of information.
Words from the same roots
Latintorrēre all →
turron
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