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torquere
Latin · ancient
"to twist"
to twist
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tortura
Latin · ancient
"a twisting, torment"
a twisting, torment, from torquere
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torture
French · 1400s
"the deliberate infliction of severe pain"
carried into French for the deliberate infliction of severe pain
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torture
English · 1500s
"the deliberate infliction of severe pain"
settled as the English word for the deliberate infliction of severe pain
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