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Where does “chama” come from?

chama (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese chama, 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.

chama (Galician): flame; third-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. flame; third-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “chama”, step by step

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

Words derived from “chama”

  • chamiso
  • chamizo
  • chamizo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →