Where does “flambe” come from?

flambe (Middle French) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

flambe (Middle French): flame

Definitions

  1. flame

Ancestry of “flambe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchflamble—
2Latinflammulaa little flame
3Latinflammaflame, fire
4Latinflāgrāre—
5Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
6Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- →Every word from Proto-Italic frāgrāō →