Where does “lama” come from?
lama (Polish) comes from German Lama, from Spanish llama, 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.
lama (Polish): llama; lama; lamé
Definitions
- llama; lama; lamé
Ancestry of “lama”, step by step
lama traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via German Lama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lama | llama; lama |
| 2 | Spanish | llama | flame; llama |
| 3 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 4 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via French lamé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lamé | past participle of lamer |
| 2 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 3 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 4 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via Tibetan ་མ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tibetan | ་མ | — |