Where does “flagged” come from?
Flagged comes from English flag, derived from Middle English flacken, from Proto-Germanic flakkōn, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pel- meaning to fold or flatten.
flagged (English): simple past tense and past participle of flag;...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of flag;...
Ancestry of “flagged”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flag | A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem,... |
| 2 | English | flack | To flutter; palpitate; To hang loosely; flag; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | flacken | to palpitate, flutter; to move to and fro,... |
| 4 | German | flackern | to flicker |
| 5 | Middle High German | vlackern | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flakuraz | shaking, wavering |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plāg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pelə- | to wander; to fill |