Where does “flairsome” come from?

flairsome (English) comes from English flair, from Middle English flayre, from Old French flair, from Old French flairier, from Latin flāgrō, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- — to smell.

flairsome (English): Characterised or marked by flair

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by flair

Ancestry of “flairsome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflairA natural or innate talent or aptitude;...
2Middle EnglishflayreA smell or scent; a nasal sensation; An...
3Old Frenchflairsmell; odor; sense of smell
4Old Frenchflairierto smell
5Latinflāgrōto burn, blaze
6Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
7Proto-Italicfrāgrāō
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g-