Where does “extorsão” come from?

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

extorsão (Portuguese): extortion

Definitions

  1. extortion

Ancestry of “extorsão”, 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

Words derived from “extorsão”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin extorqueo →