Where does “lamasery” come from?
lamasery (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.
lamasery (English): A monastery for lamas
Ancestry of “lamasery”, step by step