English

torace

Torace comes from Middle English toracen.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from to- + race

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ‘two’

Proto-Indo-European *dwís ‘two-ways, in twain’

Proto-Germanic *twiz- ‘apart, in two’

Proto-West Germanic *tō-

English to-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s- ‘to flow’

Proto-Germanic *rēsō ‘a course’

Old Norse rás ‘a running’

Middle English race

English race

Every English word from Middle English toracen

verb To tear apart, rend to pieces, rip up.

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