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Where does “ininflamable” come from?

ininflamable (Spanish) comes from Spanish inflamable, from Spanish inflamar, from Latin īnflammō, from Latin flammō, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.

ininflamable (Spanish): nonflammable

Definitions

  1. nonflammable

Ancestry of “ininflamable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishinflamableinflammable, flammable
2Spanishinflamarto inflame; to ignite
3Latinīnflammō—
4Latinflammō—
5Latinflammaflame, fire
6Latinflāgrāre—
7Latinfrāgrō—
8Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →