Where does “infiammabile” come from?
infiammabile (Italian) comes from Italian infiammare, from Latin īnflammō, from Latin flammō, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- — to smell.
infiammabile (Italian): inflammable (UK), flammable (US)
Definitions
- inflammable (UK), flammable (US)
Ancestry of “infiammabile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | infiammare | to set fire to something; to inflame or stir up... |
| 2 | Latin | īnflammō | to ignite, inflame |
| 3 | Latin | flammō | to flame, blaze, burn |
| 4 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 5 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |