Where does “stortura” come from?

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

stortura (Italian): crookedness, distortion

Definitions

  1. crookedness, distortion

Ancestry of “stortura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianstortotwisted, bent
2Latinextortusextorted
3LatinextorqueoI extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out
4Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin extorqueo →