FLAMMAM → llama · flamme · fiamma
Spanish llama (flame) is the same word as llave and lleno at the start: fl-, cl- and pl- all fused into ll, just as in Portuguese they fused into ch (chama, chave, cheio). French and Catalan kept fl-, and French, like femme, once had a nasal vowel it later gave back. Romanian has no heir: its flame is flacără, from a different Latin word.
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FLAMMAM
‘flame’
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
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Classical Latin accusative
Spanish llama (flame) is the same word as llave and lleno at the start: fl-, cl- and pl- all fused into ll, just as in Portuguese they fused into ch (chama, chave, cheio). French and Catalan kept fl-, and French, like femme, once had a nasal vowel it later gave back. Romanian has no heir: its flame is flacără, from a different Latin word.
Forms are written in IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet: one symbol, one sound. Stressed syllables carry ˈ. Dates are approximate and given only where the handbooks agree. 24 word journeys.