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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (1059)	10/24/1998 8:07:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) of 34857

RE: Latin etymology You are close on extorquere, but the essence of torquere is the "twisting" not the snatching or wrenching. The good Norman French legal term "tort" means twisted; torque means twisting power, and extorquere means literally twisting something out of the victim on the rack, where you may recall Errol Flynn's arms are wrenched from their sockets (in Captain Blood) when ropes on his wrists attached to a drum and tackle are twisted. Hence, the word "torture" being twisted on a rack. I fervently enjoy your literary profusion. Pity about the Latin.

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