Etymograph

English

torcular

Torcular comes from Latin torcular ‘press’, from torqueō ‘to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terkʷ-‘to turn, spin’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*torkʷ-éye-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*torkʷejōreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*torkʷeōreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorqueō‘to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorculus
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorcular‘press’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terkʷ-‘to turn, spin’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*torkʷ-éye-tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*torkʷejōreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*torkʷeōreconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorqueō‘to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorculus
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorcular‘press’
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

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

queer, tart, thwart, trowel, tortious, 17 more

through Proto-Italic *torkʷeō

retort, extort, tortuous, torturous, contortion, 14 more

through Latin torqueō ‘to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve’

torture, torque, torch, torment, extortion, distort, tort, torsion, 19 more

Today it means

noun A tourniquet.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- / torcular

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