Where does “flavorist” come from?
flavorist (English) comes from English flavor, from Middle English flavour, from Old French flaour, from Vulgar Latin flator, from Latin flātor, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-.
flavorist (English): A scientist who develops flavors
Definitions
- A scientist who develops flavors
Ancestry of “flavorist”, step by step
flavorist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flavor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flavor | The quality produced by the sensation of taste... |
| 2 | Middle English | flavour | odour generally pleasing |
| 3 | Old French | flaour | smell, odour |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | flator | odour, that which blows; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | flātor | flautist |
| 6 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |