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Where does “flagrate” come from?

flagrate (English) comes from Latin flagratus, from Latin flāgrō, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

flagrate (English): To burn

Definitions

  1. To burn

Ancestry of “flagrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflagratusburnt
2Latinflāgrō—
3Latinfrāgrō—
4Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →