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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread tort #80830 09/16/02 06:09 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... E emanuela enthusiast emanuela enthusiast E Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 315 Italy - Perugia is a town with... Do you feel that in tort there is the same root that in torsion? In Italian torto comes from torcere , and means twisted. So "torto" is something twisted from the right way. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted tort Wordwind 09/15/02 02:45 PM Re: tort wwh 09/15/02 07:27 PM Re: tort Wordwind 09/15/02 11:54 PM Re: tort milum 09/16/02 02:21 AM Re: tort Bobyoungbalt 09/16/02 02:29 AM tort emanuela 09/16/02 06:09 AM Re: tort < torquere Faldage 09/16/02 09:13 AM Re: tort < torquere Capital Kiwi 09/16/02 06:30 PM and back atcha FishonaBike 09/16/02 09:35 PM Re: and back atcha wwh 09/16/02 09:44 PM Re: tort < torquere of troy 09/16/02 06:56 PM full circle [eventually] wofahulicodoc 09/16/02 07:24 PM Re: full circle [eventually] wwh 09/16/02 08:35 PM Re: Tortuous/torturous Faldage 09/16/02 08:42 PM Re: Tortuous/torturous Wordwind 09/16/02 08:49 PM Re: Tortuous/torturous wwh 09/16/02 09:01 PM Re: Tortuous/torturous Wordwind 09/16/02 11:35 PM Re: tort apples + oranges 09/16/02 06:56 PM Re: tort wwh 09/16/02 07:03 PM Re: tort Bobyoungbalt 09/17/02 03:08 AM Re: Apples and Oranges Faldage 09/17/02 10:56 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,344 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 782 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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