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Where does “extorquendus” come from?

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

extorquendus (Latin): which is to be extorted

Definitions

  1. which is to be extorted

Ancestry of “extorquendus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinextorqueoI extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out
2Latintorqueō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
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