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

  1. to squeeze, wring, twist; to wring out, extort...

Ancestry of “stoarce”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinextorcerepresent active infinitive of *extorcō
2Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “stoarce”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Vulgar Latin extorcere →