English

self-immolate

From self- + immolate.

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-

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Proto-Italic *molā

Latin mola ‘flour’

Latin immolō ‘to sacrifice’

Latin immolātus ‘immolated, sacrificed, having been immolated’

Today it means

verb To set oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest.

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

Etymograph / self-immolate