The story
- Old French · derived fromtort“a misdeed, a wrong”
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromtortfesance
- English todaytortfeasance
From Anglo-Norman tortfesance, from Old French tort (“a misdeed, a wrong”) + fesance (“act, action, deed”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.