Where does “extorter” come from?
extorter (English) comes from English extort, from Latin extortus, from Latin extorqueo, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
extorter (English): One who practices extortion
Definitions
- One who practices extortion
Ancestry of “extorter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | extort | To take or seize off an unwilling person by... |
| 2 | Latin | extortus | extorted |
| 3 | Latin | extorqueo | I extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out |
| 4 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |