English
flatulent
Flatulent comes from Middle French flatulent, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₁-root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600flatulent
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰleh₁-root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600flatulent
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-
blow, blast, bliss, inflation, flavor, bladder, flux, feeble, fluent, confluence, fluency, inflate, blithely, fluvial, blare, soufflé, blasé, conflate, blather, bleat, 45 more
Today it means
adj Affected by gas in the intestine; likely to break wind.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- / flatulent