Where does “flaour” come from?
flaour (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin flator, from Latin flātor, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
flaour (Old French): smell, odour
Definitions
- smell, odour
Ancestry of “flaour”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | flator | odour, that which blows; second-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | flātor | flautist |
| 3 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |