Where does “flagelo” come from?

flagelo (Spanish) comes 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.

flagelo (Spanish): whip; flagellum; calamity, sorrow, affliction

Definitions

  1. whip; flagellum; calamity, sorrow, affliction

Ancestry of “flagelo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “flagelo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -lusEvery word from Latin flagellum
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