verdugo
/beɾˈduɡo/ · B2 · noun · m
executioner
🪓 verdugo = from verdugo 'shoot/rod' (verde, green) – the green switch used to whip
Verdugo originally meant a young green shoot or rod, from verde (green). That flexible rod was used to lash people, so the word moved to the one who punishes, then to the executioner. Link it to verde: a green rod became a hangman.