Where does “necrohippoflagellation” come from?
necrohippoflagellation (English) comes from English flagellation, from French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from Latin flagellāre, from Latin flagellum, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
necrohippoflagellation (English): The act or practice of beating a dead horse, i.e....
Definitions
- The act or practice of beating a dead horse, i.e....
Ancestry of “necrohippoflagellation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flagellation | A beating consisting of lashes, notably as... |
| 2 | French | flagellation | flagellation |
| 3 | Latin | flagellatio | — |
| 4 | Latin | flagellāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | flagellum | whip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;... |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |