Where does “extorcioun” come from?

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

extorcioun (Middle English): Alternative form of extorcion

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of extorcion

Ancestry of “extorcioun”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin extorqueo →