Latin

flamma

‘flame, fire’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin flamma.

12 English words in this record descend from Latin flamma, most familiar first.

• flame ← flawme ← flaumbe
• inflame ← inflammen ← enflamer ← inflammō ← flammō
• aflame ← a-flame ← flawme ← flaume ← flame
• inflammable ← īnflammābilis ← īnflammāre
• flambeau ← flambe ← flamble ← flammula
• fiamma
• flambé ← flamble ← flammula
• chamiso ← chamizo ← chamizo ← chama ← chama
• flammeous ← flammeus
• flammivomous ← flammivomus
• flamboyer ← flambeier ← *flammizāre
• flammule ← flammula

Etymograph / Latin flamma