Where does “extorteth” come from?
extorteth (English) comes from English extort, from Latin extortus, from Latin extorqueo, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
Ancestry of “extorteth”, step by step
extorteth 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 eth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | eth | A letter introduced into Old English to... |