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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

  1. Dated form of lamasery

Ancestry of “lamaserai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlamaserielamasery
2Frenchlamallama; lama; third-person singular past historic...
3Spanishllamaflame; llama
4Latinflammaflame, fire
5Latinflāgrāre—
6Latinfrāgrō—
7Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →