Etymograph

English

strappado

Strappado comes from Italian strappare ‘to pull’, from Latin struppus ‘strap’, and ultimately from Ancient Greek στρόφον ‘rope’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρόφον‘rope’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstruppus‘strap’
  3. Gothicc. 300–600*strappontransliteratedGothic script *strappon, a transliterationreconstructed
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentstrappare‘to pull’
  5. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentstrappato
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1597strappado

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστρόφον‘rope’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstruppus‘strap’
  3. Gothicc. 300–600*strappontransliteratedGothic script *strappon, a transliterationreconstructed
  4. Italianc. 1300–presentstrappare‘to pull’
  5. Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentstrappato
  6. Englishearliest quotation c. 1597strappado

Earliest quotation: c. 1597, William Shakespeare, The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]: “What, vpon compulsion? No: were I at the Strappado,…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek στρόφον

Today it means

noun A form of torture in which the victim is hung from the ceiling by a rope attached to the hands, which are tied together behind the victim's back.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek στρόφον / strappado

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