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Where does “patíbulo” come from?

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

patíbulo (Spanish): gallows

Definitions

  1. gallows

Ancestry of “patíbulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpatibulumfork-shaped yoke or gibbet
2Latin-bulum
3Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...
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