Is from the latian word whip?

Answer 1

The Latin word for whip is flagellum. English derives several words from there:

• Some unicellular organisms get around by swinging their flagella, or whip-like appendages.
• Self-flagellation, a form of corporal punishment involving -- that's right -- whips was common during the Black Death among those who believed the Plague was a punishment from God.
• A flagellophile collects whips; he may suffer from flagellomania, an obsession with whipping or being whipped.
• Attila the Hun was known to the Romans as Flagellum Dei, or the Scourge (Whip) of God.