English
flameable
From flame + -able.
Formed from flame + -able
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to shimmer, gleam, shine’
Proto-Italic *flagmā
Latin flamma
Anglo-Norman flaumbe
Middle English flawme ‘a flame’
English flame
Today it means
adj Capable of, or suitable for, being flamed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / flameable