Where does “plahelo” come from?
plahelo (Tagalog) comes from Spanish flagelo, 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.
plahelo (Tagalog): flagellum; whip used in flagellation
Definitions
- flagellum; whip used in flagellation
Ancestry of “plahelo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | flagelo | whip; flagellum; calamity, sorrow, affliction |
| 2 | Latin | flagellum | whip, lash, scourge; whip for driving animals;... |
| 3 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |