The story
- Old French · derived fromflamboier
- French · borrowed fromflamboyant“flaming, wavy”
- English todayflamboyant
Borrowed from French flamboyant (“flaming, wavy”), participle of flamboyer (“to flame”), from Old French flamboier, from flambe (“flame”). The architectural style derives its name from the flame-like shapes in the tracery.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.