English

flame out

flame + out

A compound of flame + out

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to shimmer, gleam, shine’

Proto-Italic *flagmā

Latin flamma

Anglo-Norman flaumbe

Middle English flawme ‘a flame’

English flame

Proto-Indo-European *úd ‘upwards, away’

Proto-Germanic *ūt ‘out’

Proto-West Germanic *ūt ‘out’

Old English ūt ‘out’

Middle English out

English out

Today it means

verb To become suddenly angry; to break out into indignation or similar emotion; to flare up.

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