Where does “flambé” come from?
flambé (French) comes from Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, 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.
flambé (French): past participle of flamber
Definitions
- past participle of flamber
Ancestry of “flambé”, step by step
flambé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French flamble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | flamble | — |
| 2 | Latin | flammula | a little flame |
| 3 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 4 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via Old French flammer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | flammer | — |