Where does “flagrant” come from?
Flagrant comes from Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem, the accusative of flagrans, present participle of flagrare, meaning to burn or blaze.
flagrant (English): Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous; On...
Definitions
- Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous; On...
Ancestry of “flagrant”, step by step
flagrant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French flagrant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | flagrant | — |
| 2 | Latin | flagrantem | accusative masculine singular of flăgrāns;... |
| 3 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via Latin frāgrāns
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | frāgrāns | Emitting a smell, smelling; fragrant, sweet scented or smelling |