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Yes indeed. The word for paid work in French is travail, which has the same Latin base as the word torture.
by grecy 6y ago
Yes indeed.
The word for paid work in French is travail, which has the same Latin base as the word torture.
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- pezezin 6y agoI didn't know about that but you are right. Not only French, also Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician, and maybe other language. It comes from a torture instrument called "tripalium", literally "three sticks".