Flavor
/ˈfleɪ.vər/noun
The distinctive taste or smell of a food or drink; also, a characteristic quality or style.
Did you know?English flavor comes through Old French from Latin flāvor, meaning “a blowing” or “breeze,” from flāre, “to blow,” the same root behind words connected to wind and breath.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰleh₂-
“to blow”
Latin
Latin
flāre
“to blow”
Latin
Latin
flāvor
“a blowing; breeze”
Old French
Old French
flavur
“smell; savor; odor”
Middle English
English
flavour
“smell; taste; distinctive quality”
Modern English
English
flavor
“distinctive taste or smell; characteristic quality”