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llama (1) f. (Noun) "flame" 13th cent. From Latin flamma 'id.' From Proto-Italic *flagma- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *b^hl̥g-mh₂- 'id.' From a root *b^hleg- "to burn." Indo-European Romance Asturian llama, Portuguese chama, Galician chama, Catalan flama, French flamme, Italian fiamma, Aromanian fleamã, Romanian flamă, Sardinian fiama Hellenic Ancient Greek φλογμός (p^hlogmós) "flame" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.