Where does “enflammer” come from?
enflammer (French) comes from French flamme, from French flame, from Middle French flame, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- — to smell.
enflammer (French): to set fire to, to set on fire; to inflame, to...
Definitions
- to set fire to, to set on fire; to inflame, to...
Ancestry of “enflammer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | flamme | flame; talent, brilliance; streamer |
| 2 | French | flame | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Middle French | flame | — |
| 4 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 5 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |