Where does “unflaming” come from?
unflaming (English) comes from English flaming, from English flame, from Middle English flawme, from Middle English flaume, from Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre — to smell.
unflaming (English): Not flaming
Definitions
- Not flaming
Ancestry of “unflaming”, step by step
unflaming traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English flaming
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flaming | On fire with visible flames; Very bright and the... |
| 2 | English | flame | The visible part of fire; a stream of burning... |
| 3 | Middle English | flawme | A flame; a visible tongue of gas and vapour... |
| 4 | Middle English | flaume | Alternative form of flawme; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Old French | flamble | — |
| 6 | Latin | flammula | a little flame |
| 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 un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |