Where does “flamingo” come from?

Flamingo comes from Portuguese flamengo, from Latin flamma meaning "flame," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- meaning "to shine or burn."

flamingo (English): A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae; A...

Definitions

  1. A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae; A...

Ancestry of “flamingo”, step by step

flamingo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese flamingo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseflamingoflamingo bird
2SpanishflamencoFlemish; flamenco; insolent, cheeky
3Old Occitanflamencflame colored
4Latinflammaflame, fire
5Latinflāgrāre—
6Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
7Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

via Portuguese flamengo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseflamengoFlemish; someone from Flanders; Alternative form...
2Latinflamencus—
3Old Dutchflāmisk—
4Old Frisian*flām—
5Proto-Germanicflaumazstream; current; flood; eddy
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Spanish flamengo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishflamengoflame colored
2OccitanflamencFlemish; flamingo

Words derived from “flamingo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- →Every word from Proto-Italic frāgrāō →