English
excruciation
From excruciate + -ion.
Formed from excruciate + -ion
Proto-Italic *kruks
Latin crux ‘cross’
Latin crucio ‘to torture’
Latin excruciātus ‘tormented greatly, tortured, plagued, having…’
English excruciate
Today it means
noun Excruciating pain.
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Etymograph / excruciation