"-tort" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: From Old French tort, from Latin tortum, substantive use of the past participle of torqueō (“twist, turn”). Compare with torsion, torture. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|tort}} Old French tort, {{der|en|la|tortum}} Latin tortum, {{m|la|torqueō|t=twist, turn}} torqueō (“twist, turn”), {{m|en|torsion}} torsion, {{m|en|torture}} torture Head templates: {{head|en|suffix}} -tort
  1. To make something change its shape. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: contort, detort, distort, extort, retort

Download JSON data for -tort meaning in English (1.5kB)

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