English

tormentry

From torment + -ry.

Formed from torment + -ry

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

noun Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain.

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

Etymograph / tormentry