Extort
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early 16th century: from Latin extort- ‘wrested’, from the verb extorquere, from ex- ‘out’ + torquere ‘to twist’.
wiktionary
Borrowed from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere(“to twist or wrench out, to extort”); from ex(“out”) + -tort, from torqueō(“twist, turn”).
etymonline
extort (v.)
1520s, "obtain by force or compulsion; wrest away by oppressive means," from Latin extortus, past participle of extorquere "obtain by force," literally "to wrench out," from ex "out" (see ex-) + torquere "to twist" (from PIE root *terkw- "to twist"). Related: Extorted; extorting. As a past-participle adjective from early 15c.
