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Where does “patibulum” come from?

patibulum (Latin) comes from Latin -bulum, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

patibulum (Latin): fork-shaped yoke or gibbet

Definitions

  1. fork-shaped yoke or gibbet

Ancestry of “patibulum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-bulum
2Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “patibulum”

  • patibulum
  • patibulary
  • patíbulo
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