English
flamboyer
Flamboyer comes from French flamboyer ‘to be bright’, from Vulgar Latin *flammizāre ‘to blaze’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘bright flame, fire’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘bright flame, fire’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*flagmā‘flame’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflamma‘flame, fire’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*flammizāre‘to blaze’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400flambeier
- Frenchc. 1600–presentflamboyer‘to be bright’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰel-‘bright flame, fire’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*flagmā‘flame’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflamma‘flame, fire’
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*flammizāre‘to blaze’reconstructed
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400flambeier
- Frenchc. 1600–presentflamboyer‘to be bright’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘bright flame, fire’
ball, bell, bowl, bull, bold, bald, boil, bale, blush, blur, blizzard, bleach, blaze, budge, sabha, bolster, blemish, phlegm, phallus, blithe, phlox, bola, bolero, bleat, blain, 71 more
through Proto-Italic *flagmā ‘flame’
through Latin flamma ‘flame, fire’
Today it means
noun Any of various trees in the East and West Indies with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinieae, especially of Delonix and Caesalpinia, all of which were formerly in the obsolete genus Poinciana.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- / flamboyer