Where does “ontvlammen” come from?
ontvlammen (Dutch) comes from Dutch vlammen, from Dutch vlam, from Middle Dutch vlamme, from Old Dutch flamma, from Old French flamme, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō — to smell.
ontvlammen (Dutch): to begin to catch flames
Definitions
- to begin to catch flames
Ancestry of “ontvlammen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vlammen | to catch flames; to flash, speed like a flare |
| 2 | Dutch | vlam | flame; love interest, partner |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | vlamme | flame |
| 4 | Old Dutch | flamma | flame |
| 5 | Old French | flamme | — |
| 6 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 7 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |