Where does “flames” come from?
flames (French) comes from French flamer, from English flame, from Middle English flawme, from Middle English flaume, from Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre — to smell.
flames (French): second-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “flames”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | flamer | to flame |
| 2 | English | flame | The visible part of fire; a stream of burning... |
| 3 | Middle English | flawme | A flame; a visible tongue of gas and vapour... |
| 4 | Middle English | flaume | Alternative form of flawme; Alternative form of... |
| 5 | Old French | flamble | — |
| 6 | Latin | flammula | a little flame |
| 7 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 8 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |