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Where does “flagrant” come from?

flagrant (Middle French) comes from Latin flagrantem, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

Ancestry of “flagrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflagrantemaccusative masculine singular of flăgrāns;...
2Latinflāgrāre—
3Latinfrāgrō—
4Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

Words derived from “flagrant”

  • flagrant
  • flagrantly
  • unflagrant
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