English
extorter
From extort + -er.
Formed from extort + -er
Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- ‘to turn, spin’
…
Latin torqueō ‘twist, turn’
Latin ex ‘out’
Latin extorquere ‘to twist or wrench out, to extort’
Latin extortus ‘extorted’
English extort
Today it means
noun One who practices extortion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / extorter