The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσκυταλισμός“clubbing”
- Latin · derived fromScytalismus
- English todayScytalism
From Latin Scytalismus, from Ancient Greek σκυταλισμός (skutalismós, “clubbing”), from σκυτάλη (skutálē) or σκύταλον (skútalon, “club”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”). Equivalent to scytale + -ism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.