Where does “extortee” come from?

extortee (English) comes from English extort, from Latin extortus, from Latin extorqueo, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

extortee (English): One from whom something is extorted

Definitions

  1. One from whom something is extorted

Ancestry of “extortee”, step by step

extortee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English extort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishextortTo take or seize off an unwilling person by...
2Latinextortusextorted
3LatinextorqueoI extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out
4Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin extorqueo →