-tort

See also: tort, tört, and to'rt

English

Etymology

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

Suffix

-tort

1. To make something change its shape.

Derived terms

• contort
• detort
• distort
• extort
• retort

Anagrams

• ROTT, Rott, TRTO, Trot, trot