Where does “ininfiammabile” come from?
ininfiammabile (Italian) comes from Italian infiammabile, from Italian infiammare, from Latin īnflammō, from Latin flammō, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.
ininfiammabile (Italian): non-flammable / nonflammable
Definitions
- non-flammable / nonflammable
Ancestry of “ininfiammabile”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | infiammabile | inflammable (UK), flammable (US) |
| 2 | Italian | infiammare | to set fire to something; to inflame or stir up... |
| 3 | Latin | īnflammō | to ignite, inflame |
| 4 | Latin | flammō | to flame, blaze, burn |
| 5 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 6 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |