Etymology

flagellation

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Today it means: Beating, or an instance of beating, consisting of lashes, notably as corporal punishment or mortification, such as a whipping or scourging. Full definition →

French flagellation ← Latin flagellatio
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flagellation · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromflagellatio
  2. French · derived fromflagellation
  3. English todayflagellation

From French flagellation, from Latin flagellatio, from flagellare, from flagellum, diminutive of flagrum (“whip”).

flagellation · noun2

  1. Latin · derived fromflagrum“whip”
  2. English todayflagellation

From flagellum (“elongated filiform appendage”), itself a diminutive of Latin flagrum (“whip”), closely related to etymology 1.

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