Etymology

tortious

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Today it means: Wrongful; harmful. Full definition →

Middle English torcious ← Anglo-Norman torcious
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  1. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtorcious
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtorcious
  3. English todaytortious

Inherited from Middle English torcious, from Anglo-Norman torcious. By surface analysis, tort + -ious.

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