Where does “flamejante” come from?

flamejante (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese flamejar, from Portuguese flama, 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.

flamejante (Portuguese): flaming on fire with visible flames

Definitions

  1. flaming on fire with visible flames

Ancestry of “flamejante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseflamejarto burn in flames
2Portugueseflamaflame; liveliness, ardor
3Latinflammaflame, fire
4Latinflāgrāre—
5Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
6Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- →Every word from Proto-Italic frāgrāō →