Where does “flavory” come from?
flavory (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-.
flavory (English): Alternative form of flavoury
Definitions
- Alternative form of flavoury
Ancestry of “flavory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | flavor | The quality produced by the sensation of taste... |
| 2 | Middle English | flavour | — |
| 3 | Old French | flaour | smell, odour |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | flator | odour, that which blows; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | flātor | — |
| 6 | Latin | flō | — |
| 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- | — |