Where does “fiammiferaio” come from?
fiammiferaio (Italian) comes from Italian fiammifero, 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.
fiammiferaio (Italian): match seller; matchmaker
Definitions
- match seller; matchmaker
Ancestry of “fiammiferaio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | fiammifero | match |
| 2 | Italian | fiamma | flame; pennant, pennon; flash |
| 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 |