Where does “flameflower” come from?
flameflower (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.
flameflower (English): Any of various herbaceous succulent plants of the genus Talinum
Definitions
- Any of various herbaceous succulent plants of the genus Talinum
Ancestry of “flameflower”, step by step
flameflower 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 flower
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flower | A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with... |
| 2 | English | flow | A movement in people or things with a particular... |
| 3 | Middle English | flowen | To flow, stream, or issue; to move; To become... |
| 4 | Old English | flōwan | to flow |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *flōan | to flow |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | flōaną | to flow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plōw- | to flow, swim; to pour, wash |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |