The story
- Latin · derived fromflō“breathe, blow”
- French · borrowed fromflatulence
- English todayflatulence
From French flatulence, ultimately from Latin flō (“breathe, blow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
flatulence
flat·u·lenceToday it means: The state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart. Full definition →
French flatulence ← Latin flō