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

  1. I squeeze, wring, twist; I wring out, extort...

Ancestry of “astorcu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatinextorcoI twist
2Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Vulgar Latin extorco →
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