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Where does “flavorsome” come from?

flavorsome (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-.

flavorsome (English): Characterised or marked by flavor; flavorful

Definitions

  1. Characterised or marked by flavor; flavorful

Ancestry of “flavorsome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflavorThe quality produced by the sensation of taste...
2Middle Englishflavour—
3Old Frenchflaoursmell, odour
4Vulgar Latinflatorodour, that which blows; second-person singular...
5Latinflātor—
6Latinflō—
7Proto-Italicflāō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₁-to bleat; to cry; to blow
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “flavorsome”

  • flavorsomely
  • unflavorsome
  • flavorsomeness
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