Tort
Middle English (in the general sense ‘wrong, injury’): from Old French, from medieval Latin tortum ‘wrong, injustice’, neuter past participle of Latin torquere ‘to twist’.
wiktionary
From Middle English tort, from Old French tort, from Latin tortum, from tortus(“ twisted”).
Dialectal variation of tart.
tort ( comparative torter, superlative tortest)
Shortening.
Shortening.
etymonline
tort (n.)
mid-13c., "injury, wrong," from Old French tort "wrong, injustice, crime" (11c.), from Medieval Latin tortum "injustice," noun use of neuter of tortus "wrung, twisted," past participle of Latin torquere "turn, turn awry, twist, wring, distort" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist"). Legal sense of "breach of a duty, whereby someone acquires a right of action for damages" is first recorded 1580s.
