Where does “extorca” come from?
extorca (Romanian) comes from French extorquer, from Latin extorquēre, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
extorca (Romanian): to extort
Definitions
- to extort
Ancestry of “extorca”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | extorquer | to extort |
| 2 | Latin | extorquēre | — |
| 3 | Latin | torqueō | to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |