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
- to extort something from someone; to wrest
Ancestry of “estorcere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | extorqueo | I extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out |
| 2 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |
Words derived from “estorcere”