Where does “flamingo” come from?
flamingo (Swahili) comes from English flamingo, from Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamenco, from Old Occitan flamenc, from Latin flamma, from Latin flāgrāre, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō — to smell.
flamingo (Swahili): flamingo
Definitions
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Ancestry of “flamingo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | flamingo | A wading bird of the family Phoenicopteridae; A... |
| 2 | Portuguese | flamingo | flamingo bird |
| 3 | Spanish | flamenco | Flemish; flamenco; insolent, cheeky |
| 4 | Old Occitan | flamenc | flame colored |
| 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 |