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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | flamingo | flamingo bird |
| 2 | Spanish | flamenco | Flemish; flamenco; insolent, cheeky |
| 3 | Old Occitan | flamenc | flame colored |
| 4 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 5 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |