Where does “extorsioun” come from?
extorsioun (Middle English) comes from Late Latin extortio, from Latin extorqueo, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
extorsioun (Middle English): Alternative form of extorcion
Definitions
- Alternative form of extorcion
Ancestry of “extorsioun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 “extorsioun”