Proto-Italic

*torzeō

‘to burn, scorch’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *torzeō.

24 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *torzeō, most familiar first.

• test ← testum ← testa ← torreō
• torrent ← torrente ← torrentem ← torrēns ← torreō
• tester ← teston ← testone ← testa ← testa
• torrid ← torridus ← torreō
• testy ← testif ← testu ← teste ← testa
• testa ← torreō
• testudo ← testa ← torreō
• turon ← turrón ← torreō
• testacea ← testāceus ← testa ← torreō
• testudinate ← testūdō ← testa ← torreō
• testaceous ← testāceus ← testa ← torreō
• testone ← tostão ← teston ← testa ← testa

More words from *torzeō

• testudineous
• testudinal
• testudinarious
• testacean
• testoon
• testudinid
• testudinous
• testudinoid
• testaceotheology
• torrija
• touron
• turron

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *torzeō