Where does “flameage” come from?
flameage (English) comes from English flame, from Middle English flawme, from Middle English flaume, from Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō — to smell.
flameage (English): Alternative form of flamage
Definitions
- Alternative form of flamage
Ancestry of “flameage”, step by step
flameage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flame
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flame | The visible part of fire; a stream of burning... |
| 2 | Middle English | flawme | A flame; a visible tongue of gas and vapour... |
| 3 | Middle English | flaume | Alternative form of flawme; Alternative form of... |
| 4 | Old French | flamble | — |
| 5 | Latin | flammula | a little flame |
| 6 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 7 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via English age
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | age | The whole duration of a being, whether animal,... |
| 2 | Middle English | age | The age of someone or rarely something; how old someone is |
| 3 | Old French | aage | age |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | aetaticum | age |
| 5 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 6 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |