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1st pers. sing.: discrucio

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Etymology of the Latin word discruciare

the Latin word discruciare (torture)

using the Latin prefix dis-

derived from the Latin word cruciare (torment, torture; cause grief)

derived from the Late Latin word crux (cross; cross; hanging tree; impaling stake)