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Where does “flamingo” come from?

flamingo (Finnish) comes from English flamingo, from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamenco, from Old Occitan flamenc, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.

flamingo (Finnish): flamingo

Definitions

  1. flamingo

Ancestry of “flamingo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishflamingoA wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae; A...
2Portugueseflamingoflamingo
3SpanishflamencoFlemish; flamenco; insolent, cheeky
4Old Occitanflamencflame colored
5Latinflammaflame, fire
6Latinflāgrāre—
7Latinfrāgrō—
8Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

Words derived from “flamingo”

  • pikkuflamingo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →