retorqueo
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I twist, turn, bend or cast back; avert, deflect.
- (of an argument) I retort, cast back.
Etymology
Prefix from Latin torqueō (twist, turn, I twist, wind, hurl, wrench, I wind) root from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (turn, twist, spin, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*terkʷ-
Gloss
turn, twist, spin, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
風
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- intort English
- torque English
- *torcō Latin
- attorqueo Latin
- circumtorqueo Latin
- contorqueo Latin
- contortus Latin
- detorqueo Latin
- distorqueo Latin
- distortum Latin
- extorqueo Latin
- extortiō Latin
- extortus Latin
- intorqueo Latin
- nasturtium Latin
- obtorqueo Latin
- pertorqueo Latin
- praetorqueo Latin
- retortus Latin
- tormentum Latin
- torqueo Latin
- torqueō Latin
- torquēre Latin
- torquēs Latin
- torsio Latin
- torta pānis, tortus Latin
- tortio Latin
- tortum Latin
- tortuosus Latin
- tortura Latin
- tortus Latin
- tortuōsus Latin
- tortūra Latin
- tricae Latin
- trua Latin
- turpis Latin
- torcido Spanish, Castilian
- torque Spanish, Castilian
- τέρπω Ancient Greek
- τρέπω Ancient Greek
- ἄτρακτος Ancient Greek
- *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *trewd- Proto-Indo-European
- *þarhô Proto-Germanic
- *þerh- Proto-Germanic
- *þwerhaz Proto-Germanic
- thwert Middle English
- thwerten Middle English
- torche Old French
- torcious Old French
- trousse Old French
- torri Welsh
- contortion Middle French
- *tarkúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- 𒋻𒌑𒍣 Hittite
- trua
- torsio
- tortum
- turpis
- *torcō
- tortus
- tricae
- tortio
- tortus
- tortūra
- torqueō
- tortura
- torqueo
- torquēs
- torquēre
- extortiō
- extortus
- retortus
- tortuōsus
- extorqueo
- intorqueo
- tortuosus
- contortus
- detorqueo
- attorqueo
- tormentum
- distortum
- obtorqueo
- contorqueo
- distorqueo
- nasturtium
- pertorqueo
- torta pānis
- praetorqueo
- circumtorqueo