inflammable

/ɪnfˈlæməbəl/in-FLA-muh-buhl

Meaningable to be set ablaze

Common meaning: easily set on fire

inin, into; (before adjectives) not
flamma blaze, flameLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 757 · scan
ableable to be

‘in, into’ + ‘a blaze, flame’ → inflammable

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

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Origin: Built on Latin flamma ‘a blaze, flame’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry flamma, p. 757 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry FLAMINGO, p. 210 · dictionary scan

Roots

flamma, -ae Latin “a blaze, flame”

Related words

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