trepalium

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • A torture instrument consisting of three stakes

Etymology

Suffix from Latin tripālis (that which has three stakes, having three stakes, held up by three stakes, held up by three stakes pales), pālus (stake, prop, pale, post, pole, stay) inherited from Proto-Italic *trēs (three) derived from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (attach, fix, fasten, hang) affix from Ancient Greek πάσσαλος (peg upon which to hang things) root from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- (attach, fix, fasten, hang).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*peh₂ǵ-

Gloss

attach, fix, fasten, hang

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