Where does “flagellantisme” come from?
flagellantisme (French) comes from French flagellant, from Latin flagellans, 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.
flagellantisme (French): flagellantism
Ancestry of “flagellantisme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | flagellant | present participle of flageller |
| 2 | Latin | flagellans | |
| 3 | Latin | flagellō | — |
| 4 | Latin | flagellum | whip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;... |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |