Where does “flavorwood” come from?
flavorwood (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-.
flavorwood (English): Wood that is intended impart a particular flavor to food when used for cooking
Definitions
- Wood that is intended impart a particular flavor to food when used for cooking
Ancestry of “flavorwood”, step by step
flavorwood 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 Wood
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wood | An English topographic surname for someone who lived in or near a wood |
| 2 | English | Frog | Alternative form of frog |
| 3 | Portuguese | froco | flock |
| 4 | Latin | floccus | tuft, wisp of wool |
| 5 | Frankish | flokko | down, wool, flock |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *flukkô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |