Etymology

torturous

tor·tur·ous
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Today it means: Of or pertaining to torture. Full definition →

Middle English torterous ← Anglo-Norman torturous ← Old French tortureus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtortūra
  2. Old French · derived fromtortureus
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromtorturous
  4. Middle English · inherited fromtorterous
  5. English todaytorturous

From Middle English torterous, from Anglo-Norman torturous, from Old French tortureus, from Latin tortūra. By surface analysis, torture + -ous.

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