Latin

torqueō

‘I twist’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin torqueō.

28 English words in this record descend from Latin torqueō, most familiar first.

• torture ← tortūra ← tortus
• torch ← torcher ← torche ← torche ← *torca
• torque
• torment ← tormentum
• extortion ← extorcion ← extortiō ← extorqueō
• tort ← tortum
• distort ← distortum ← distorqueō
• retort ← retorte ← retortus ← retorqueō
• torsion ← torcion ← torsiōnem ← tortiō
• extort ← extortus ← extorquere ← ex
• tortuous ← tortuos ← tortuōsus ← tortus
• torturous ← torterous ← tortureus ← tortūra

More words from torqueō

• contortion
• nasturtium
• tortfeasor
• torchon
• torse
• abstort
• detort
• detorsion
• torquated
• tormina
• tortillon
• tortile
• tortive
• torcular
• torcula
• torculus

Etymograph / Latin torqueō