Where does “extorquer” come from?

extorquer (French) comes from Latin extorquēre, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

extorquer (French): to extort

Definitions

  1. to extort

Ancestry of “extorquer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinextorquēre—
2Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “extorquer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin extorquēre →