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
- Extortion; being threatening for the purpose of...
Ancestry of “extorcion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | extortio | — |
| 2 | Latin | extorqueo | I extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out |
| 3 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |
Words derived from “extorcion”