Where does “lamaserai” come from?
lamaserai (English) comes from French lamaserie, from French lama, from Spanish llama, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- — to smell.
lamaserai (English): Dated form of lamasery
Definitions
- Dated form of lamasery
Ancestry of “lamaserai”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lamaserie | lamasery |
| 2 | French | lama | llama; lama; third-person singular past historic... |
| 3 | Spanish | llama | flame; llama |
| 4 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 5 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |