Etymology

inflare

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Today it means: To flare inward. Full definition →

English flare ← Middle English in- ← Old English in-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Germanic*in
  3. Proto-West Germanic*in
  4. Old Englishin
  5. Old Englishin-
  6. Middle Englishin-
  7. Englishin-
  8. Englishflare
  9. English todayinflare

From in- + flare.

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