Where does “inflama” come from?
inflama (Romanian) comes from French enflammer, from French flamme, from French flame, from Middle French flame, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.
inflama (Romanian): to set fire to, to set on fire
Definitions
- to set fire to, to set on fire
Ancestry of “inflama”, step by step
inflama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French enflammer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | enflammer | to set fire to, to set on fire; to inflame, to... |
| 2 | French | flamme | flame; talent, brilliance; streamer |
| 3 | French | flame | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Middle French | flame | — |
| 5 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 6 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |
via Latin īnflammāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | īnflammāre | — |