Where does “inflamable” come from?
inflamable (Spanish) comes from Spanish inflamar, from Latin īnflammō, from Latin flammō, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- — to smell.
inflamable (Spanish): inflammable, flammable
Definitions
- inflammable, flammable
Ancestry of “inflamable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | inflamar | to inflame; to ignite |
| 2 | Latin | īnflammō | to ignite, inflame |
| 3 | Latin | flammō | to flame, blaze, burn |
| 4 | Latin | flamma | flame, fire |
| 5 | Latin | flāgrāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | frāgrō | to emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |