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.
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