Where does “zooflagellate” come from?
zooflagellate (English) comes from English flagellate, from Latin flagellatus, from Latin flagellō, 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.
zooflagellate (English): Any of the heterotrophic flagellates of the...
Definitions
- Any of the heterotrophic flagellates of the...
Ancestry of “zooflagellate”, step by step
zooflagellate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flagellate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flagellate | To whip or scourge; Resembling a whip; Having... |
| 2 | Latin | flagellatus | flogged, whipped, lashed or scourged; threshed,... |
| 3 | Latin | flagellō | to flog, whip, lash or scourge |
| 4 | Latin | flagellum | whip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English zoo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | zoo | A park where live animals are exhibited; Any... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ζῷον | animal, beast; form, image |
| 3 | Proto-Hellenic | ďṓyyon | animal, creature, beast |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷyōwyon | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷyeh₃w-y-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |