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Where does “flamboiement” come from?

flamboiement (French) comes from French flamboyer, from Vulgar Latin *flammizāre, 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.

flamboiement (French): blaze, flare

Definitions

  1. blaze, flare

Ancestry of “flamboiement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchflamboyerto blaze, flame
2Vulgar Latin*flammizāre—
3Latinflammaflame, fire
4Latinflāgrāre—
5Latinfrāgrō—
6Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →