Where does “flavorsomeness” come from?
flavorsomeness (English) comes from English flavorsome, 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.
flavorsomeness (English): The quality of being flavorsome
Definitions
- The quality of being flavorsome
Ancestry of “flavorsomeness”, step by step
flavorsomeness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flavorsome
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flavorsome | Characterised or marked by flavor; flavorful |
| 2 | English | flavor | The quality produced by the sensation of taste... |
| 3 | Middle English | flavour | odour generally pleasing |
| 4 | Old French | flaour | smell, odour |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | flator | odour, that which blows; second-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | flātor | flautist |
| 7 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |