English

tormentable

From torment + -able.

Formed from torment + -able

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

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Latin torqueō ‘to twist’

Latin tormentum ‘something operated by twisting’

Old French torment ‘suffering’

Middle English torment

Today it means

adj Capable of being tormented.

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

Etymograph / tormentable