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
- second-person plural present indicative of...
Ancestry of “flagellate”, step by step
flagellate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian flagellare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | flagellare | to whip, flog or scourge |
| 2 | Latin | flagellāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | flagellum | whip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;... |
| 4 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Italian flagellato
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | flagellato | past participle of flagellare; flagellate |