Where does “storsătură” come from?

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

storsătură (Romanian): squeeze, squeezing

Definitions

  1. squeeze, squeezing

Ancestry of “storsătură”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianstorsdrained
2Romanianstoarceto squeeze, wring, twist; to wring out, extort...
3Vulgar Latinextorcerepresent active infinitive of *extorcō
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 Vulgar Latin extorcere →
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