Etymology

proinflammatory

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Today it means: Producing or promoting inflammation. Full definition →

English inflammatory ← Latin īnflammātōrius ← Proto-Italic *flagmā
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Proto-Italic*prō
  5. Latinprō
  6. Englishpro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  8. Proto-Italic*en
  9. Proto-Italic*en-
  10. Latinin-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  12. Proto-Italic*flagmā
  13. Latinflamma
  14. Latinflammō
  15. Latinīnflammō
  16. Latinīnflammātōrius
  17. Englishinflammatory
  18. English todayproinflammatory

From pro- + inflammatory.

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