Where does “parainflammatory” come from?
parainflammatory (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.
parainflammatory (English): That counters inflammation
Definitions
- That counters inflammation
Ancestry of “parainflammatory”, step by step
parainflammatory 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 |
via English Pará
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pará | A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 4 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 5 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 7 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 8 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 9 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |