Where does “tripalium” come from?
tripalium (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin tripalis, from Latin tria, from Latin tres, from English three, from Middle English thre, from Old English þrī, from Proto-West Germanic þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic þrīz.
tripalium (Vulgar Latin): torture instrument; toil” ← “suffering” ←...
Definitions
- torture instrument; toil” ← “suffering” ←...
Ancestry of “tripalium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | tripalis | that has, or is propped up by, three stakes or... |
| 2 | Latin | tria | nominative neuter of trēs; accusative neuter of... |
| 3 | Latin | tres | three; 3 |
| 4 | English | three | A numerical value after two and before four.... |
| 5 | Middle English | thre | three |
| 6 | Old English | þrī | three |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þrīʀ | three |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þrīz | three |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |