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
Ancestry of “extorsão”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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 “extorsão”