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-tort

-tort suffix: to make something change its shape.

Suffix

-tort

  1. To make something change its shape.

Origin of -tort

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

Words formed from -tort

Questions about -tort

What does -tort mean?
-tort means to make something change its shape.
What part of speech is -tort?
-tort is a suffix.

Words near -tort in the dictionary

  1. -tonia
  2. -tope
  3. -topia
  4. -topic
  5. -topy
  6. -tort
  7. -tous
  8. -tox-
  9. -toxa-
  10. -trakinra
  11. -traline

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