Where does “flator” come from?

flator (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin flātor, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.

flator (Vulgar Latin): odour, that which blows; second-person singular...

Definitions

  1. odour, that which blows; second-person singular...

Ancestry of “flator”, step by step

flator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin flātor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflātorflautist
2Latinflōto breathe, blow
3Proto-Italicflāō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₁-to bleat; to cry; to blow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

via Latin flātus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflātusblowing, breathing, snorting
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “flator”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁- →