Where does “stoarce” come from?
stoarce (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin extorcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
stoarce (Romanian): to squeeze, wring, twist; to wring out, extort...
Definitions
- to squeeze, wring, twist; to wring out, extort...
Ancestry of “stoarce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Vulgar Latin | extorcere | present active infinitive of *extorcō |
| 2 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |