Where does “subinflammatory” come from?

subinflammatory (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.

subinflammatory (English): Slightly inflammatory

Definitions

  1. Slightly inflammatory

Ancestry of “subinflammatory”, step by step

subinflammatory traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English inflammatory

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinflammatoryTending to inflame or provoke somebody; Relating...
2EnglishinflameTo set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn,...
3Middle Englishenflaumen
4Old Frenchenflammerto inflame
5LatininflammoI ignite, inflame; I excite
6LatinflammoI flame, blaze, burn; I inflame, set on fire; I...
7Latinflammaflame, fire
8Latinflāgrāre
9Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
10Proto-Italicfrāgrāō
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

via English sub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsubA submarine; A submarine sandwich: a sandwich...
2EnglishsubstituteTo use in place of something else, with the same...
3Middle Englishsubstituten
4Latinsubstitutussubstituted
5LatinsubstituoI place next to, under, or instead of; I...
6LatinstatuoI set up, station; I establish, determine, fix; I...
7Latinstātusfixed, set, having been set
8Latinstōto stand
9Proto-Italicstaēōstand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansth₂éh₁yetito stand
11Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g-
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