Where does “extorquir” come from?

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

extorquir (Portuguese): to extort

Definitions

  1. to extort

Ancestry of “extorquir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinextorqueoI extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out
2Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin extorqueo →