Where does “enflamer” come from?

enflamer (Old French) comes from Latin īnflammō, from Latin flammō, 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.

enflamer (Old French): to set alight; to set fire to; to become inflamed

Definitions

  1. to set alight; to set fire to; to become inflamed

Ancestry of “enflamer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnflammōto ignite, inflame
2Latinflammōto flame, blaze, burn
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-
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