Where does “flagrant” come from?

flagrant (French) comes from Latin flagrans, from Latin flāgrō, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

flagrant (French): flagrant, blatant, glaring, obvious, evident

Definitions

  1. flagrant, blatant, glaring, obvious, evident

Ancestry of “flagrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflagransburning, flaming, on fire; Alternative form of...
2Latinflāgrōto burn, blaze
3Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
4Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

Words derived from “flagrant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- →Every word from Proto-Italic frāgrāō →