Where does “flamecrest” come from?

flamecrest (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.

flamecrest (English): A bird of the species Regulus goodfellowi, native to the mountains of Taiwan

Definitions

  1. A bird of the species Regulus goodfellowi, native to the mountains of Taiwan

Ancestry of “flamecrest”, step by step

flamecrest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English flame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflameThe visible part of fire; a stream of burning...
2Middle EnglishflawmeA flame; a visible tongue of gas and vapour...
3Middle EnglishflaumeAlternative form of flawme; Alternative form of...
4Old Frenchflamble
5Latinflammulaa little flame
6Latinflammaflame, fire
7Latinflāgrāre
8Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
9Proto-Italicfrāgrāō
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

via English crest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrestThe summit of a hill or mountain ridge; A tuft,...
2Middle Englishcreste
3Old Frenchcreste
4Vulgar Latin*cresta
5Latincristathe crest, the plume; the comb or tuft on the...
6Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g-
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