Where does “flagellate” come from?

flagellate (Italian) comes from Italian flagellare, from Latin flagellāre, 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.

flagellate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “flagellate”, step by step

flagellate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian flagellare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianflagellareto whip, flog or scourge
2Latinflagellāre
3Latinflagellumwhip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;...
4Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
5Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Italian flagellato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianflagellatopast participle of flagellare; flagellate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -lusEvery word from Latin flagellum