Where does “chama” come from?
chama (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese chama, 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.
chama (Portuguese): flame
Ancestry of “chama”, step by step