Etymograph

English

torta

Torta comes from Spanish torta ‘cake’, from Latin turta ‘a type of pastry’, and ultimately from tŏrta.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtŏrta
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEturta‘a type of pastry’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presenttorta‘cake’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtŏrta
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEturta‘a type of pastry’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presenttorta‘cake’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin tortus ‘twisted, folded over’

torture, truss, tortuous, 5 more

Another origin of torta

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtortus‘twisted, folded over’uncertain
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtŏrta
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEturta‘a type of pastry’
  4. Spanishc. 1500–presenttorta‘cake’
  5. Tagalogmodernsame form
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Another origin of torta

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtortus‘twisted, folded over’uncertain
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtŏrta
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEturta‘a type of pastry’
  4. Italianc. 1300–presenttorta‘pie, tart, cake or similar’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

noun A sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine.

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

Etymograph / Latin tŏrta / torta

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