Where does “flawme” come from?
flawme (Middle English) comes from Middle English flaume, from Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- — to smell.
flawme (Middle English): A flame; a visible tongue of gas and vapour...
Definitions
- A flame; a visible tongue of gas and vapour...
Ancestry of “flawme”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | flaume | Alternative form of flawme; Alternative form of... |
| 2 | Old French | flamble | — |
| 3 | Latin | flammula | a little flame |
| 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 |