English

tortuousness

From tortuous + -ness.

A compound of tortuous + -ness

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

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Latin tortus ‘a twisting, winding’

Latin tortuōsus ‘twisting, tortuous’

Old French tortuos

Middle English tortuous

Today it means

noun The property of being tortuous.

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

Etymograph / tortuousness