Where does “inflammatoriness” come from?
inflammatoriness (English) comes from English inflammatory, from English inflame, from Middle English enflaumen, from Old French enflammer, from Latin inflammo, from Latin flammo, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre — to smell.
inflammatoriness (English): The characteristic of being inflammatory
Definitions
- The characteristic of being inflammatory
Ancestry of “inflammatoriness”, step by step
inflammatoriness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inflammatory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inflammatory | Tending to inflame or provoke somebody; Relating... |
| 2 | English | inflame | To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn,... |
| 3 | Middle English | enflaumen | — |
| 4 | Old French | enflammer | to inflame |
| 5 | Latin | inflammo | I ignite, inflame; I excite |
| 6 | Latin | flammo | I flame, blaze, burn; I inflame, set on fire; I... |
| 7 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 8 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
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 |