Where does “Flammpunkt” come from?
Flammpunkt (German) comes from German Flamme, from Middle High German vlamme, 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.
Flammpunkt (German): flash point
Definitions
- flash point
Ancestry of “Flammpunkt”, step by step
Flammpunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Flamme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Flamme | flame |
| 2 | Middle High German | vlamme | — |
| 3 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 4 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via German Punkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Punkt | dot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,... |
| 2 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |