Where does “flamelessness” come from?
flamelessness (English) comes from English flameless, from English flame, from Middle English flawme, from Middle English flaume, from Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre — to smell.
flamelessness (English): Absence of flames
Definitions
- Absence of flames
Ancestry of “flamelessness”, step by step
flamelessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flameless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flameless | That does not emit flames |
| 2 | English | flame | The visible part of fire; a stream of burning... |
| 3 | Middle English | flawme | A flame; a visible tongue of gas and vapour... |
| 4 | Middle English | flaume | Alternative form of flawme; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Old French | flamble | — |
| 6 | Latin | flammula | a little flame |
| 7 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 8 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |