torta
English
noun
Definitions
- (US) A sandwich, served either hot or cold, on an oblong white sandwich roll, derived from Mexican cuisine
- A Philippine omelette of ground meat and potatoes.
- A flat heap of moist, crushed silver ore, prepared for the patio process.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian torta derived from Latin torta, tortus (twisted, folded over).
Origin
Latin
tortus
Gloss
twisted, folded over
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *extortiāre Latin
- *torsāre Latin
- *turta Latin
- torta Latin
- torta pānis Latin
- tortuosus Latin
- tortus Latin
- tortūra Latin
- torta Italian
- torto Italian
- tarte French
- torture French
- torta Spanish, Castilian
- tortazo Spanish, Castilian
- tortería Spanish, Castilian
- tortita Spanish, Castilian
- tuerto Spanish, Castilian
- zampatortas Spanish, Castilian
- ταρταροῦχος Ancient Greek
- τούρτα Ancient Greek
- *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- torta Portuguese
- tarte Old French
- torteau Old French
- tort Catalan, Valencian
- tortell Catalan, Valencian
- torta Galician
- toartă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tort Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- teurt Norman
- tortë Albanian
- torto Old Portuguese
- торта Macedonian
- tuorta Romansh
- turta Romansh
- tuertu Asturian
- torte Friulian
- turta Dalmatian
- *torθ Proto-Brythonic
- torte Bourguignon