Where does “flailsome” come from?
flailsome (English) comes from English flail, from Middle English flayle, from Old English fligel, from Old English flegel, from Proto-Germanic *flagil, from Latin flagellum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
flailsome (English): Characteristic of a flail, or characterised by...
Definitions
- Characteristic of a flail, or characterised by...
Ancestry of “flailsome”, step by step
flailsome traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flail
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flail | A tool used for threshing, consisting of a long... |
| 2 | Middle English | flayle | — |
| 3 | Old English | fligel | flail, whip |
| 4 | Old English | flegel | flail |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *flagil | — |
| 6 | Latin | flagellum | whip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;... |
| 7 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |