Where does “astorcu” come from?
astorcu (Aromanian) comes from Vulgar Latin extorco, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
astorcu (Aromanian): I squeeze, wring, twist; I wring out, extort...
Definitions
- I squeeze, wring, twist; I wring out, extort...
Ancestry of “astorcu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | extorco | I twist |
| 2 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |