Flagellate
/ˈflædʒəleɪt/noun
To whip or scourge; also, to beat or strike repeatedly.
Did you know?Flagellate comes from Latin flagellāre, a brutal verb for whipping, and it shares its root with words tied to burning and punishment in Roman culture.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰleg-
“to burn, blaze”
Latin
Latin
flagrum
“a whip, scourge”
Latin
Latin
flagellāre
“to whip, scourge”
Late Latin
Latin
flagellātus
“whipped, scourged”
Middle English
English
flagellaten
“to whip or scourge”
Modern English
English
flagellate
“to whip or beat repeatedly”
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