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Where does “inflammable” come from?

inflammable (Middle French) comes from Medieval Latin inflammabilis, from Latin īnflammāre.

Ancestry of “inflammable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latininflammabilisinflammable
2Latinīnflammāre—

Words derived from “inflammable”

  • inflammable
  • uninflammable
  • noninflammable
  • inflammably
  • inflammableness
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