English
inflammatory
From inflame + -atory.
A compound of inflame + -atory
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘bright flame, fire’
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Latin flammō ‘blaze, burn’
Latin inflammō ‘to ignite, inflame’
Old French enflamer
Middle English inflammen
English inflame
Today it means
adj Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / inflammatory