Where does “ontvlambaar” come from?
ontvlambaar (Dutch) comes from Dutch ontvlammen, from Dutch vlammen, from Dutch vlam, from Middle Dutch vlamme, from Old Dutch flamma, from Old French flamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre — to smell.
ontvlambaar (Dutch): inflammable
Definitions
- inflammable
Ancestry of “ontvlambaar”, step by step
ontvlambaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch ontvlammen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | ontvlammen | to begin to catch flames |
| 2 | Dutch | vlammen | to catch flames; to flash, speed like a flare |
| 3 | Dutch | vlam | flame; love interest, partner |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vlamme | flame |
| 5 | Old Dutch | flamma | flame |
| 6 | Old French | flamme | — |
| 7 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 8 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via Dutch baar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | baar | A bier, a stretcher, a litter; a device used to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | bâre | bier, stretcher |
| 3 | Old Dutch | bāra | — |
| 4 | Proto-Albanian | bārā | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | bazaz | bare, naked |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰosós | bare, barefoot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰos- | to sally forth, barge, hurtle out; bare, barefoot |