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Where does “flaire” come from?

flaire (Catalan) comes from Catalan flairar, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

flaire (Catalan): smell

Definitions

  1. smell

Ancestry of “flaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanflairarto smell
2Latinfrāgrō—
3Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →