Where does “flagellum” come from?

Flagellum comes from Latin flagellum, diminutive of Latin flagrum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰlag-.

flagellum (English): In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed...

Definitions

  1. In protists, a long, whiplike membrane-enclosed...

Ancestry of “flagellum”, 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

Words derived from “flagellum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -lusEvery word from Latin flagellum