Where does “inflamare” come from?
inflamare (Romanian) comes from Romanian inflama, from French enflammer, from French flamme, from French flame, from Middle French flame, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō — to smell.
inflamare (Romanian): inflammation
Definitions
- inflammation
Ancestry of “inflamare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | inflama | to set fire to, to set on fire |
| 2 | French | enflammer | to set fire to, to set on fire; to inflame, to... |
| 3 | French | flamme | flame; talent, brilliance; streamer |
| 4 | French | flame | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 5 | Middle French | flame | — |
| 6 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 7 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |