Where does “flavor” come from?
Flavor comes from Middle English flavour, from Old French flaour, from Vulgar Latin flator, from Latin flator meaning one who blows, derived from Latin flō meaning to blow, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- meaning to swell or blow.
flavor (English): The quality produced by the sensation of taste...
Definitions
- The quality produced by the sensation of taste...
Ancestry of “flavor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | flavour | odour generally pleasing |
| 2 | Old French | flaour | smell, odour |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | flator | odour, that which blows; second-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | flātor | flautist |
| 5 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |