Where does “supplice” come from?
supplice (French) comes from Latin supplicium, from Latin supplex, from Latin supplicō, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
supplice (French): torture; torment; capital punishment
Definitions
- torture; torment; capital punishment
Ancestry of “supplice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | supplicium | kneeling, supplication; punishment; suffering |
| 2 | Latin | supplex | kneeling; begging; suppliant |
| 3 | Latin | supplicō | — |
| 4 | Latin | sub- | sub- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
Words derived from “supplice”