Proto-Italic

*torkʷeō

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *torkʷeō.

28 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *torkʷeō, most familiar first.

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

More words from *torkʷeō

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *torkʷeō