Where does “parfuum” come from?

parfuum (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch parfum, from Middle French parfum, from Latin per-, from Proto-Italic peri-.

parfuum (Afrikaans): perfume

Definitions

  1. perfume

Ancestry of “parfuum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchparfumA perfume, a luxury product providing a fragrant...
2Middle Frenchparfumperfume
3Latinper-Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"...
4Proto-Italicperi-—
Every word from Proto-Italic peri- →Every word from Latin per- →Every word from Middle French parfum →