Where does “Fougere” come from?

Fougere (English) comes from French fougère, from Old French fulgiere, from Vulgar Latin filicaria, from Latin filix — fern.

Fougere (English): One of the main olfactive families of perfumes, based on the compound coumarin; a perfume of that family

Definitions

  1. One of the main olfactive families of perfumes, based on the compound coumarin; a perfume of that family

Ancestry of “Fougere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfougèrefern
2Old Frenchfulgiere—
3Vulgar Latinfilicariathicket of ferns
4Latinfilixfern
Every word from Latin filix →Every word from Vulgar Latin filicaria →Every word from Old French fulgiere →