English

endoflagellum

From endo- + flagellum.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm ‘inside’

Proto-Hellenic *éndon

Ancient Greek ἔνδον ‘inner’

English endo-

Latin flagrum ‘whip, scourge, lash’

Latin flagellum ‘whip’

Today it means

noun Any of a series of flagella, wound around spirochetes, that form an axial filament.

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Etymograph / endoflagellum