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Where does “flamine” come from?

flamine (French) comes from Latin flāmen, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

flamine (French): flamen

Definitions

  1. flamen

Ancestry of “flamine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflāmen—
2Latinflō—
3Proto-Italicflāō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₁-to bleat; to cry; to blow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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