Reconstruction:Latin/torcere
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reassignment of Classical torquēre to the third conjugation.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*torcere (Proto-Romance)
- to twist
Reconstruction notes[edit]
The unrounding of the original (Classical Latin) /kʷ/ presumably started in the new conjugations *torquō (“I twist”) and *torquunt (“they twist”), with the following rounded vowels prompting the regular dissimilation /kʷ/ > /k/. Subsequently, /k/ spread to the other conjugations via analogy.
Derived terms[edit]
- *extorcere
- *intorcere
Descendants[edit]
- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
References[edit]
- Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 95
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “tŏrquēre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 13: To–Tyrus, page 98