Where does “flagellator” come from?
flagellator (English) comes from English OR, from Middle English ōr, from Middle French or, from Old French or, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Latin ausus, from Latin audeō.
flagellator (English): Someone who flagellates; a whipper
Definitions
- Someone who flagellates; a whipper
Ancestry of “flagellator”, step by step
flagellator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English OR
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 2 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 3 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 4 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via English flagellate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flagellate | To whip or scourge; Resembling a whip; Having... |
| 2 | Latin | flagellatus | flogged, whipped, lashed or scourged; threshed,... |
| 3 | Latin | flagellō | to flog, whip, lash or scourge |
| 4 | Latin | flagellum | whip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |