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Where does “flagrantly” come from?

Flagrantly comes from Middle French flagrant, from Latin flagrantem (burning, blazing), derived from flagrare, which traces to the Proto-Indo-European root līg- (to burn).

flagrantly (English): In a flagrant manner

Definitions

  1. In a flagrant manner

Ancestry of “flagrantly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflagrantObvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous; On...
2Middle Frenchflagrant—
3Latinflagrantemaccusative masculine singular of flăgrāns;...
4Latinflāgrāre—
5Latinfrāgrō—
6Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →