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Where does “lama” come from?

lama (French) comes from Spanish llama, 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.

lama (French): llama; lama; third-person singular past historic...

Definitions

  1. llama; lama; third-person singular past historic...

Ancestry of “lama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishllamaflame; llama
2Latinflammaflame, fire
3Latinflāgrāre—
4Latinfrāgrō—
5Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

Words derived from “lama”

  • lamasery
  • lamaserai
  • lamaïsme
  • lamaserie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →