Where does “extorcion” come from?

extorcion (Middle English) comes from Late Latin extortio, from Latin extorqueo, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

extorcion (Middle English): Extortion; being threatening for the purpose of...

Definitions

  1. Extortion; being threatening for the purpose of...

Ancestry of “extorcion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinextortio—
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 “extorcion”

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