English
torula
Torula comes from Latin torulus ‘a bulge, swelling, small elevation’, and perhaps goes back to Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘to cross, go through’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₂-1‘to cross, go through’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*torh₂-os1uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorus2‘swelling’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorulus2‘a bulge, swelling, small elevation’diminutive of torus
- Englishtodaytorula2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin torus
- 2 Wiktionary, English torula
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₂-Wiktionary, Latin torus‘to cross, go through’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*torh₂-osWiktionary, Latin torusuncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorusWiktionary, English torula‘swelling’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorulusWiktionary, English torula‘a bulge, swelling, small elevation’diminutive of torus
- EnglishtodaytorulaWiktionary, English torula
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- ‘to cross, go through’
through, enter, trans, thorough, avatar, tram, tranquillity, tardy, sarai, 19 more
through Latin torus ‘swelling’
Today it means
noun Any of a species of fungi, Cyberlindnera jadinii (synonym Candida utilis, basionym Torula utilis), related to the yeasts used in baking and brewing, sometimes used in processed food.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “torula”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin torus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₂- / torula