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Where does “flagrante” come from?

flagrante (Portuguese) comes from Latin flagrans, from Latin flāgrō, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

flagrante (Portuguese): blatant; obvious; glaring; caught in the act; the...

Definitions

  1. blatant; obvious; glaring; caught in the act; the...

Ancestry of “flagrante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflagransburning, flaming, on fire; Alternative form of...
2Latinflāgrō—
3Latinfrāgrō—
4Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →