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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinextorqueoI extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out
2Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “extortio”

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