Where does “flaggot” come from?
flaggot (English) comes from English flaming, from English flame, from Middle English flawme, from Middle English flaume, from Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre — to smell.
flaggot (English): An ostentatiously effeminate gay person
Definitions
- An ostentatiously effeminate gay person
Ancestry of “flaggot”, step by step
flaggot traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English flaming
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flaming | On fire with visible flames; Very bright and the... |
| 2 | English | flame | The visible part of fire; a stream of burning... |
| 3 | Middle English | flawme | A flame; a visible tongue of gas and vapour... |
| 4 | Middle English | flaume | Alternative form of flawme; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Old French | flamble | — |
| 6 | Latin | flammula | a little flame |
| 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 English flag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flag | A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem,... |
| 2 | English | flack | To flutter; palpitate; To hang loosely; flag; To... |
| 3 | Middle English | flacken | to palpitate, flutter; to move to and fro,... |
| 4 | German | flackern | to flicker |
| 5 | Middle High German | vlackern | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flakuraz | shaking, wavering |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plāg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pelə- | to wander; to fill |
via English faggot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | faggot | A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be... |
| 2 | Middle English | fagot | A piece of wood for burning; firewood; A faggot... |
| 3 | Old French | fagot | fagot |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | facus | — |
| 5 | Latin | fascis | A faggot, fascine; bundle, packet, package,... |
| 6 | Latin | fasciō | to envelop with bands, swathe |
| 7 | Latin | fascia | band, bandage, swathe, strip, ribbon; necktie |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰasḱ- | bundle, heap, load |