Where does “inflammatory” come from?
inflammatory (English) comes from English inflame, from Middle English enflaumen, from Old French enflammer, from Latin inflammo, from Latin flammo, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō — to smell.
inflammatory (English): Tending to inflame or provoke somebody; Relating...
Definitions
- Tending to inflame or provoke somebody; Relating...
Ancestry of “inflammatory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inflame | To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn,... |
| 2 | Middle English | enflaumen | — |
| 3 | Old French | enflammer | to inflame |
| 4 | Latin | inflammo | I ignite, inflame; I excite |
| 5 | Latin | flammo | I flame, blaze, burn; I inflame, set on fire; I... |
| 6 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 7 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
Words derived from “inflammatory”
- proinflammatory
- antiinflammatory
- noninflammatory
- postinflammatory
- autoinflammatory
- neuroinflammatory
- inflammasome
- necroinflammatory
- immunoinflammatory
- fibroinflammatory
- hyperinflammatory
- inflammatorily
- microinflammatory
- uninflammatory
- anti-inflammatory
- infliximab
- angioinflammatory
- counterinflammatory
- hypoinflammatory
- inflammatoriness
- oncoinflammatory
- parainflammatory
- preinflammatory
- subinflammatory