Tor

Morpheme

Tor

Type

bound base

Denotation

spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve, bend awry, distort, hurl violently, fling

Etymology

Latin tormentum and tormina, from torquēre

Evidence

torment, tormenta, tormented, tormenting, tormentor, tormentous, torments, tormentum, tormina, torminal, torminous

See Also

Torque, Tort, Torse

Homographs

Tor, Tor(e), -t(o)r