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Where does “flegmatiquement” come from?

flegmatiquement (French) comes from French flegmatique, from Latin phlegmāticus, from Ancient Greek φλεγματικός, from Ancient Greek φλέγμα, from Ancient Greek φλέγω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

flegmatiquement (French): phlegmatically

Definitions

  1. phlegmatically

Ancestry of “flegmatiquement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchflegmatiquephlegmatic, stolid
2Latinphlegmāticus—
3Ancient Greekφλεγματικόςfull of phlegm
4Ancient Greekφλέγμαflame, fire, heat; inflammation; phlegm, a cold...
5Ancient GreekφλέγωI set on fire, burn, scorch; I kindle, arouse,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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