tort
to twist
Latin · torquere / tortus
Tort and tors come from Latin 'twisted'. Words show bending or forcing: contort twists a body, extort twists money out of someone, torture twists the victim with pain.
Memory trick
Twist a person's arm until money falls out: ex (out) + tort (twist) = extort.
Words from this root
- contort (con + tort) — to twist out of shapeमरोड़कर बिगाड़ना
- contortion (con + tort + ion) — a twisted, bent positionमुड़ी-तुड़ी मुद्रा
- contortionist (con + tort + ion + ist) — performer who bends body strangelyशरीर को अजीब तरह मोड़ने वाला कलाबाज़
- extort (ex + tort) — to get by force or threatsधमकी या ज़ोर से वसूलना
- extortion (ex + tort + ion) — getting money by threatsधमकाकर पैसे वसूलना
- extortionist (ex + tort + ion + ist) — person who extorts moneyधमकाकर वसूली करने वाला
- extortionate (ex + tort + ion + ate) — far too high, like extortionबेहद ज़्यादा, अनुचित
- torsion (tors + ion) — twisting of an objectमरोड़, ऐंठन
- torsional (tors + ion + al) — relating to twisting forceमरोड़ बल संबंधी
- torture (tort + ure) — cruel pain inflicted on someoneयातना
- tortuous (tort + uous) — full of twists and turnsटेढ़ा-मेढ़ा, घुमावदार
- tortuously (tort + uous + ly) — in a twisting, winding wayघुमावदार ढंग से
- tortile (tort + ile) — twisted, coiledमुड़ा हुआ, कुंडलित
- tort (tort) — civil wrong, literally a twisted actदीवानी अपकृत्य, गलत कार्य