Where does “flavour” come from?
flavour (Middle English) comes from Old French flaour, from Vulgar Latin flator, from Latin flātor, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
flavour (Middle English): odour generally pleasing
Definitions
- odour generally pleasing
Ancestry of “flavour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | flaour | smell, odour |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | flator | odour, that which blows; second-person singular... |
| 3 | Latin | flātor | flautist |
| 4 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |