English
hexadecaflagellate
From hexadeca- + flagellate.
Formed from hexadeca- + flagellate
Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ ‘ten’
Proto-Hellenic *dékə ‘ten’
Ancient Greek δέκᾰ ‘ten’
Ancient Greek δεκάς ‘the number ten’
Late Latin decas
English hexadeca-
Latin flagellō ‘to whip, flog’
Latin flagellātus ‘flogged, whipped, lashed or scourged’
English flagellate
Today it means
noun An organism that has sixteen flagella
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hexadecaflagellate