Where does “flagel·lar” come from?
flagel·lar (Catalan) comes from Latin flagellāre, from Latin flagellum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
flagel·lar (Catalan): to flog, to flagellate
Definitions
- to flog, to flagellate
Ancestry of “flagel·lar”, step by step
flagel·lar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin flagellāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | flagellāre | — |
| 2 | Latin | flagellum | whip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;... |
| 3 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Catalan flagel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | flagel | flagellum in protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed organelle used for locomotion or feeding |