English
torvid
Torvid comes from Latin torvidus ‘wild, fierce’, and goes back to torvus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorvus‘savage, fierce, harsh, stern’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorvidus‘wild, fierce’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1632torvid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorvus‘savage, fierce, harsh, stern’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorvidus‘wild, fierce’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1632torvid
Earliest quotation: a. 1632, John Webster, Appius and Virginia; republished as William Hazlitt: “[…] but yesterday his breath / Aw’d Rome, and…”
Every English word from Latin torvus
Today it means
adj Fierce, stern.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin torvus / torvid