Where does “extortio” come from?
extortio (Late Latin) comes from Latin extorqueo, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
Ancestry of “extortio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 “extortio”