Where does “fiammista” come from?

fiammista (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.

fiammista (Italian): a worker who cuts metal using a cutting torch

Definitions

  1. a worker who cuts metal using a cutting torch

Ancestry of “fiammista”, 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 →