Where does “flair” come from?

flair (Old French) comes from Old French flairier, from Latin flāgrō, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

flair (Old French): smell; odor; sense of smell

Definitions

  1. smell; odor; sense of smell

Ancestry of “flair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchflairierto smell
2Latinflāgrōto burn, blaze
3Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
4Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

Words derived from “flair”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- →Every word from Proto-Italic frāgrāō →