English
tortility
From tortile + -ity.
Formed from tortile + -ity
Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- ‘to turn, spin’
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Proto-Italic *torkʷejō
Proto-Italic *torkʷeō
Latin torqueō ‘to twist, wind, bend awry, distort’
Latin tortilis ‘twisted, coiled’
English tortile
Today it means
noun The quality or state of being tortile (twisted, or wreathed).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / tortility