The story
- Latin · derived fromflāgrō
- Old French · derived fromflair“scent, odour”
- Middle English · inherited fromflayre
- English todayflair
From Middle English flayre, from Old French flair (“scent, odour”), from flairier (“to reek, smell”), from Latin flāgrō, dissimilated variation of frāgrō (“emit a sweet smell”, verb). More at fragrant.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.