Where does “extorsion” come from?

extorsion (French) comes from Late Latin extortio, from Latin extorqueo, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

extorsion (French): extortion the practice of extorting money or other property

Definitions

  1. extortion the practice of extorting money or other property

Ancestry of “extorsion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinextortio—
2LatinextorqueoI extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out
3Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “extorsion”

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