Word Origin Summary

Tortilis is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• entortellar

  Catalan · inherited from

• attortigliato

  Italian · derived from

• entortiller

  French · inherited from

• tortile

  English · borrowed from

• retortijón

  Spanish · derived from

• tortillé

  Louisiana Creole French · inherited from

• tortellatge

  Catalan · derived from

• attortigliare

  Italian · inherited from

What You Can Explore

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• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root