Where does “deodorant” come from?

Deodorant comes from Latin deodorāns, the present participle of deodorāre, formed from de- and odor meaning smell, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃ed-.

deodorant (English): Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or...

Definitions

  1. Any agent acting to eliminate, reduce, mask, or...

Ancestry of “deodorant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindē-of; from
2Latindēof; concerning; about
3Latinpostbehind; after, since, besides, except; behind,...
4Latinposteablative singular of postis
5Proto-Italicpostibehind, after
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpóstiafter
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpósafterwards, post; by, at

Words derived from “deodorant”

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