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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | flagrantem | accusative masculine singular of flăgrāns;... |
| 2 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |