Etymology

torteau

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Today it means: A roundel of a red colour (gules). Full definition →

Old French torteau ← Latin tortus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtortus“twisted”
  2. Old French · derived fromtorteau
  3. English todaytorteau

From Old French torteau, tortel, from Latin tortus (“twisted”). See tort.

Words from the same roots

Latintortus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.