Where does “stors” come from?

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

stors (Romanian): drained

Definitions

  1. drained

Ancestry of “stors”, 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 “stors”

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