Where does “flameout” come from?
flameout (English) comes from English flame out, 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.
flameout (English): The act of flaming out or burning out;...
Definitions
- The act of flaming out or burning out;...
Ancestry of “flameout”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flame out | To become suddenly angry; to break out into... |
| 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 |