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
- In a flagrant manner
Ancestry of “flagrantly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flagrant | Obvious and offensive; blatant; scandalous; On... |
| 2 | Middle French | flagrant | — |
| 3 | Latin | flagrantem | accusative masculine singular of flăgrāns;... |
| 4 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |