Where does “storto” come from?

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

storto (Italian): twisted, bent

Definitions

  1. twisted, bent

Ancestry of “storto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinextortusextorted
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 “storto”

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