Etymograph

English

flog-bottomist

From flog + bottom (“buttocks”) + -ist.

Formed from flog + bottom ‘buttocks’ + -ist

Middle English *floggen

English flog

Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn

Proto-Germanic *butmaz ‘bottom’

Proto-West Germanic *butm

Old English botm ‘bottom’

Middle English botme

English bottom

Today it means

noun A teacher or tutor with a propensity for caning students.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / flog-bottomist