Where does “flambe” come from?
flambe (Middle English) comes from Middle English flawme, from Middle English flaume, from Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.
flambe (Middle English): Alternative form of flawme; Alternative form of...
Definitions
- Alternative form of flawme; Alternative form of...
Ancestry of “flambe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | flawme | A flame; a visible tongue of gas and vapour... |
| 2 | Middle English | flaume | Alternative form of flawme; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old French | flamble | — |
| 4 | Latin | flammula | a little flame |
| 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 |