Where does “extort” come from?

Extort comes from Latin extortus, the past participle of extorqueo, formed from the prefix ex- and the verb torqueo, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

extort (English): To take or seize off an unwilling person by...

Definitions

  1. To take or seize off an unwilling person by...

Ancestry of “extort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinextortusextorted
2LatinextorqueoI extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out
3Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “extort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin extorqueo →