Where does “extorsiune” come from?

extorsiune (Romanian) comes from French extorsion, from Late Latin extortio, from Latin extorqueo, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

extorsiune (Romanian): extortion

Definitions

  1. extortion

Ancestry of “extorsiune”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchextorsionextortion the practice of extorting money or other property
2Late Latinextortio—
3LatinextorqueoI extort; I tear away, twist away, wrench out
4Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin extorqueo →