Where does “storcere” come from?

storcere (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin extorcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

storcere (Italian): To twist

Definitions

  1. To twist

Ancestry of “storcere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinextorcerepresent active infinitive of *extorcō
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 Vulgar Latin extorcere →
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