Where does “storci” come from?

storci (Romanian) comes from Romanian stoarce, from Vulgar Latin extorcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

storci (Romanian): to squeeze

Definitions

  1. to squeeze

Ancestry of “storci”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstoarceto squeeze, wring, twist; to wring out, extort...
2Vulgar Latinextorcerepresent active infinitive of *extorcō
3Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “storci”

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