Etymology

executioner

ex·e·cu·tion·er
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Today it means: An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal. Full definition →

English execution ← Old French execution ← Latin exsecūtiō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sékʷetor
  8. Proto-Italic*sekʷōr
  9. Latinsequor
  10. Latinexsequor
  11. Latinexsecūtiō
  12. Old Frenchexecution
  13. Englishexecution
  14. English todayexecutioner

From execution + -er.

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