English

maltorsion

From mal- + torsion.

Proto-Italic *malos

Archaic Latin malos

Latin malus ‘bad’

Latin male ‘badly’

English mal-

Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- ‘to turn, spin’

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Latin tortiō ‘torment, torture’

Late Latin torsiōnem

Middle French torsion

Middle English torcion

Today it means

noun torsion that leads to malrotation

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / maltorsion