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Torrent

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a fast-moving, turbulent stream of liquid, or a forceful outpouring
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Stage 1 of 2
torrens
Latin · ancient
"boiling, rushing"
boiling, roaring, from torrere (to parch, to burn)
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Stage 2 of 2
torrent
English · 1600s
"a fast-moving, turbulent stream of liquid"
settled as the English word for a fast-moving, turbulent stream
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