flavor

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
3. Proto-Italic*flāō
4. Latinflō
5. Latinflātor
6. Vulgar Latin*flātor
7. Old Frenchflaor
8. Middle Englishsavourinflu.
9. Middle Englishflavour
10. English todayflavor

From Middle English flavour meaning “smell, odour”, usually pleasing, borrowed from Old French flaour (“smell, odour”) (cfr. Sicilian ciàguru, its etymology and semantic), from Vulgar Latin *flātor (“odour, that which blows”), from Latin flātor (“blower”), from flō, flāre (“to blow, puff”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Doublet of blow and bleat.

Words from the same roots