torment

Middle French

noun

Definitions

torment; suffering; anguish

Etymology

Inherited from Old French torment inherited from Latin tormentum (something operated by twisting).

Origin

Latin

tormentum

Gloss

something operated by twisting

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

tormentum Latin
tormento Italian
atormentar Spanish, Castilian
tormento Spanish, Castilian
*terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
torment Middle English
torment Old French
tourment Middle French
tormento Old Portuguese
torment Old Occitan
tormiant Dalmatian
turmiento Neapolitan

tourment