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
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- palus English
- paalu Finnish
- *tripalium Latin
- *tripaliāre Latin
- contribūtus Latin
- impactus Latin
- impingo Latin
- impingō Latin
- impāctus Latin
- impālāre Latin
- impālō Latin
- pacō Latin
- pagina Latin
- pagus Latin
- palaris Latin
- palatio Latin
- palo Latin
- palus Latin
- pessulus Latin
- propago Latin
- pācem Latin
- pāgina, pagina Latin
- pāgus Latin
- pālus Latin
- repagulum Latin
- trabaculare Latin
- trepālium Latin
- tres Latin
- tripalis Latin
- tripalium Latin
- tripālis Latin
- trēs Latin
- trīnitātem Latin
- paesucolo Italian
- palo Italian
- pal French
- empalar Spanish, Castilian
- palo Spanish, Castilian
- πάγη Ancient Greek
- πάγιος Ancient Greek
- πάγος Ancient Greek
- πάσσαλος Ancient Greek
- πάχνη Ancient Greek
- πήγνυμι Ancient Greek
- πηγή Ancient Greek
- πηγός Ancient Greek
- πῆγμα Ancient Greek
- *peh₂ǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *peh₂ǵ-slos Proto-Indo-European
- *pāǵe- Proto-Indo-European
- *s-kagʰ-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *tréyes Proto-Indo-European
- *palaz Proto-Germanic
- pal Polish
- pal Old English
- *pazъ Proto-Slavic
- pex Old French
- travauz Old French
- par Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- aelod Welsh
- pfal Old High German
- pfāl Old High German
- ցանկ Old Armenian
- pal Middle French
- travail Middle French
- *pālaz gmw-pro
- pāl Old Dutch
- pao Old Portuguese
- *pangō Proto-Italic
- *pākslos Proto-Italic
- *trēs Proto-Italic
- palu Asturian
- pâl Friulian
- pal Old Occitan
- palissada Old Occitan
- *en-pāginja Proto-Albanian
- *tris Old Latin
- 𐌕𐌓𐌝𐌔 Oscan
- 𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌚 Umbrian