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Latin word tormenta comes from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ-
*terkʷ- (Proto-Indo-European)
torqueo (Latin)
I hurl violently; I spin, whirl.. I torment, torture.. I twist or bend awry, distort. I twist, wind.
tormentum (Latin)
(New Latin) gun, cannon. A (twisted) cord or rope. A clothes press, mangle. An engine for hurling missiles; a shot or missile thrown by this. An instrument of torture. Torture, anguish, pain, torment.
tormenta (Latin)