Where does “flaminglet” come from?
flaminglet (English) comes from English flamingo, from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamenco, from Old Occitan flamenc, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.
flaminglet (English): A flamingo chick
Definitions
- A flamingo chick
Ancestry of “flaminglet”, step by step
flaminglet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flamingo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flamingo | A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae; A... |
| 2 | Portuguese | flamingo | flamingo bird |
| 3 | Spanish | flamenco | Flemish; flamenco; insolent, cheeky |
| 4 | Old Occitan | flamenc | flame colored |
| 5 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 6 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via English let
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | let | To allow to, not to prevent; To leave; To allow... |
| 2 | Middle English | leten | to let |
| 3 | Old English | lǣtan | to let; leave; to let go, leave; to allow, let... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lātan | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lētaną | to let, to allow; to leave alone |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leh₁d- | to be tired |