Etymograph

English

torvity

Torvity comes from Latin torvitas ‘wildness, fierceness, savageness’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorvitas‘wildness, fierceness, savageness’
  2. Englishtodaytorvity

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorvitas‘wildness, fierceness, savageness’
  2. Englishtodaytorvity

Formed from torvous + -ity

Latin torvus ‘savage, fierce, harsh, stern’

English torvous

Every English word from Latin torvitas

Today it means

noun sourness, grimness or severity of appearance; sternness

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