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

  1. Tending to inflame or provoke somebody; Relating...

Ancestry of “inflammatory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinflameTo set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn,...
2Middle Englishenflaumen
3Old Frenchenflammerto inflame
4LatininflammoI ignite, inflame; I excite
5LatinflammoI flame, blaze, burn; I inflame, set on fire; I...
6Latinflammaflame, fire
7Latinflāgrāre
8Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
9Proto-Italicfrāgrāō
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

Words derived from “inflammatory

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g-
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