Where does “microinflammatory” come from?
microinflammatory (English) comes from English inflammatory, from English inflame, from Middle English enflaumen, from Old French enflammer, from Latin inflammo, from Latin flammo, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre — to smell.
microinflammatory (English): Relating to microinflammation
Definitions
- Relating to microinflammation
Ancestry of “microinflammatory”, step by step
microinflammatory traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English inflammatory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inflammatory | Tending to inflame or provoke somebody; Relating... |
| 2 | English | inflame | To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn,... |
| 3 | Middle English | enflaumen | — |
| 4 | Old French | enflammer | to inflame |
| 5 | Latin | inflammo | I ignite, inflame; I excite |
| 6 | Latin | flammo | I flame, blaze, burn; I inflame, set on fire; I... |
| 7 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 8 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |