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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

  1. One who practices extortion

Ancestry of “extorter”, step by step

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