English
flagellist
Flagellist comes from Latin flagellum ‘whip’, and goes back to flagrum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflagrum‘scourge, whip’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflagellum‘whip’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853flagellist
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflagrum‘scourge, whip’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEflagellum‘whip’
- Englishearliest quotation 1853flagellist
Earliest quotation: 1853, Isaac Taylor, Fanaticism: “The Christian flagellist might, it is probable, draw as…”
Linked words
through Latin flagellum ‘whip’
Today it means
noun One who administers punishment by whipping.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin flagrum / flagellist