fustis.
a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club
Meaning & usage
a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club
Where this word comes from
Of disputed origin: * De Vaan derives it from *fūt- + -tis, from the same root as *fūtō (“to strike”). The phonetically regular outcome would be *fūssis (and then *fūsis); therefore, De Vaan supposes *-s-s- was analogically replaced with -s-t-. Compare aestus, aestās. * Others, for *fonstis < *fondtis < *xʷondtis, refer it to Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay, kill”). Compare offendō. * Potentially related to English fist, further Old Norse bausta (“to smack, to thrash”).
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