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Where does “flari” come from?

flari (Esperanto) comes from French flairer, from Old French flairier, from Latin flāgrō, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

flari (Esperanto): to smell

Definitions

  1. to smell

Ancestry of “flari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchflairerto smell, sniff; to scent; to sense
2Old Frenchflairierto smell
3Latinflāgrō—
4Latinfrāgrō—
5Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →