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
extorter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English extort
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |