torpedo
Cebuano
noun
Definitions
- (military) a torpedo; a cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon
Etymology
Derived from English torpedo derived from Latin torpēdō (a torpedo fish, torpidity, numbness, electric ray), torpeō (torpid, numb, I am astounded, I am inactive, I am stiff, I am numb, I am stiff non-gloss definition) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ster- (stiff, barren, spread out, broaden, rigid, steady, strong).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ster-
Gloss
stiff, barren, spread out, broaden, rigid, steady, strong
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
強
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antitorpedo English
- torpedo English
- torpedo roll English
- torpedoer English
- torpedoist English
- torpedolike English
- torpedoman English
- obtorpeo Latin
- sterilis Latin
- stiria Latin
- stolidus Latin
- strenuus Latin
- stultus Latin
- torpedo Latin
- torpeo Latin
- torpeō Latin
- torpidus Latin
- torpor Latin
- torpēdō Latin
- Torpedo German
- torpedo Dutch, Flemish
- torpedo Spanish, Castilian
- αἵρεσις Ancient Greek
- στερεός Ancient Greek
- *(s)trAnt- Proto-Indo-European
- *stel(H)- Proto-Indo-European
- *ster- Proto-Indo-European
- torpedo Portuguese
- *stelaną Proto-Germanic
- *sterǭ Proto-Germanic
- *sturnijaz Proto-Germanic
- torpedo Old Norse
- *sterjā Proto-Albanian
- *steřřos Proto-Hellenic