Where does “tripaliare” come from?
tripaliare (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin tripalium, from Latin tripālis, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
tripaliare (Vulgar Latin): to work; present active infinitive of *tripaliō
Definitions
- to work; present active infinitive of *tripaliō
Ancestry of “tripaliare”, step by step
tripaliare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin tripalium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | tripalium | torture instrument; a torture instrument |
| 2 | Latin | tripālis | that has, or is prop up by, three stake or pale |
| 3 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 4 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Late Latin tripālium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | tripālium | — |