torculo

Latin

Etymology

From torculum +‎ . Attested from the writings of Venantius Fortunatus.

Verb

torculō (present infinitive torculāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems (Late Latin)

  1. to press

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: torchiare
  • North Italian:
    • Venetan: torcołar
  • Borrowings:
  • Vulgar Latin:
    • *extorculāre~extroculāre (see there for further descendants)
    • *troculāre (< *troculum, variant of torculum)
      • Catalan: trullar
      • Franco-Provençal: troiller, trouiller
      • Old French: truilieir, troiller, truillier (see there for further descendants)
      • Occitan: trolhar

References

Further reading

  • torculo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • torculo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.