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
Ancestry of “extorquir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | extorqueo | I extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out |
| 2 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |