Where does “flair” come from?

flair (Dutch) comes from French flair, from French flairer, from Old French flairier, from Latin flāgrō, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

flair (Dutch): flair (talent or aptitude)

Definitions

flair (talent or aptitude)

Ancestry of “flair”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	flair	sense of smell; intuition, sixth sense
2	French	flairer	to smell, sniff; to scent; to sense
3	Old French	flairier	to smell
4	Latin	flāgrō	to burn, blaze
5	Latin	frāgrō	to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
6	Proto-Italic	frāgrāō	—
7	Proto-Indo-European	bʰreh₂gro-	—
8	Proto-Indo-European	bʰreh₂g-	to smell

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- →Every word from Proto-Italic frāgrāō →