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fiamma
Fiamma comes from Italian fiamma ‘flame’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘shiny, white’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘shiny, white’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰl̥h₂gmeh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*flāgmāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflamma‘flame, fire’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfiamma‘flame’
- Englishearliest quotation 1966same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘shiny, white’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰl̥h₂gmeh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*flāgmāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflamma‘flame, fire’
- Italianc. 1300–presentfiamma‘flame’
- Englishearliest quotation 1966same form
Earliest quotation: 1966, Bulletin Volcanologique: “[…] black glass from "fiamma" of ignimbrites from Zavaritzkiy…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘shiny, white’
ball, bowl, bell, bull, bold, bald, boil, blaze, bale, blush, blur, blizzard, bleach, bolster, budge, sabha, blemish, bola, phlegm, phallus, bolero, blithe, inflame, phlox, blain, aflame, bleat, 71 more
through Latin flamma ‘flame, fire’
Today it means
noun A "flame structure" found in welded ignimbrite and tuff: a small, dark lens of glassy material (possibly pumice which was compressed or collapsed during welding).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- / fiamma