Where does “fiammata” come from?

fiammata (Italian) comes from Italian fiamma, 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.

fiammata (Italian): flare-up, blaze, burst of flames, flare

Definitions

  1. flare-up, blaze, burst of flames, flare

Ancestry of “fiammata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianfiammaflame; pennant, pennon; flash
2Latinflammaflame, fire
3Latinflāgrāre
4Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
5Proto-Italicfrāgrāō
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-Every word from Proto-Italic frāgrāō
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