Where does “estorcere” come from?

estorcere (Italian) comes from Latin extorqueo, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

estorcere (Italian): to extort something from someone; to wrest

Definitions

  1. to extort something from someone; to wrest

Ancestry of “estorcere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinextorqueoI extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out
2Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin extorqueo →