Latin
torquēs
‘chaplet, collar, necklace of twisted metal, ring, wreath’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin torquēs.
4 English words in this record descend from Latin torquēs, most familiar first.
- torch ← torcher ← torche ← torche ← *torca
- torque ← torquis
- torques
- torchon ← torche ← torche ← *torca ← torqua
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Etymograph / Latin torquēs