Where does “flagelliform” come from?

flagelliform (English) comes 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.

flagelliform (English): shaped like a whip

Definitions

  1. shaped like a whip

Ancestry of “flagelliform”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflagellumwhip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;...
2Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
3Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
5Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin flagellum →
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