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Where does “enflaumen” come from?

enflaumen (Middle English) comes from Old French enflammer, from Latin inflammo, from Latin flammo, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- — to smell.

Ancestry of “enflaumen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchenflammerto inflame
2LatininflammoI ignite, inflame; I excite
3LatinflammoI flame, blaze, burn; I inflame, set on fire; I...
4Latinflammaflame, fire
5Latinflāgrāre—
6Latinfrāgrō—
7Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

Words derived from “enflaumen”

  • inflame
  • inflaming
  • inflamer
  • inflameth
  • inflamest
  • reinflame
  • inflamingly
  • disinflame
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →