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-tort

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
-tort
IPA
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

To make something change its shape.

Etymology

From Old French tort, from Latin tortum, substantive use of the past participle of torqueō (“twist, turn”). Compare with torsion, torture.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

contort detort distort extort retort

Questions

What does -tort mean?
To make something change its shape.
Where does -tort come from?
It is traced to Old French.

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