Where does “flamingoish” come from?
flamingoish (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.
flamingoish (English): Resembling or characteristic of a flamingo
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of a flamingo
Ancestry of “flamingoish”, step by step
flamingoish 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 ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |