Where does “flamenco” come from?
Flamenco comes from Spanish flamenco, from Middle Dutch vlaminc, derived from Old Dutch flāmink.
flamenco (English): A genre of folk music and dance native to...
Definitions
- A genre of folk music and dance native to...
Ancestry of “flamenco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | flamenco | Flemish; flamenco; insolent, cheeky |
| 2 | Old Occitan | flamenc | flame colored |
| 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 |