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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflātor—
2Latinflō—
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-—

Words derived from “flator”

  • flavor
  • flavorful
  • flavorless
  • flavorsome
  • flavory
  • flavorist
  • flavorer
  • flavorfully
  • flavorlessness
  • flavorwise
  • flavourlessness
  • flavorsomely
  • flavorlessly
  • flavourlessly
  • deflavorize
  • unflavorsome
  • flavorsomeness
  • flavorize
  • flavorizer
  • flavordynamics
  • flavour
  • flaour
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