Where does “flamant” come from?

flamant (French) comes from Latin flammans, from Latin flammō, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

flamant (French): flamingo

Definitions

  1. flamingo

Ancestry of “flamant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflammansflaming, blazing, burning; inflaming; reddening
2Latinflammōto flame, blaze, burn
3Latinflammaflame, fire
4Latinflāgrāre
5Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
6Proto-Italicfrāgrāō
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g-
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