Where does “flamboyer” come from?
flamboyer (English) comes from French flamboyer, from Vulgar Latin *flammizāre, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.
flamboyer (English): Any of various trees in the East and West Indies...
Definitions
- Any of various trees in the East and West Indies...
Ancestry of “flamboyer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | flamboyer | to blaze, flame |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *flammizāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 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 |