Where does “fragrance” come from?
Fragrance comes from French fragrance, from Latin fragrantia, from Latin fragro meaning "to smell," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-.
fragrance (English): A pleasant smell or odour; To apply a fragrance...
Definitions
- A pleasant smell or odour; To apply a fragrance...
Ancestry of “fragrance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fragrance | a fragrance, a pleasurable smell |
| 2 | Ecclesiastical Latin | fragrantia | nominative neuter plural of frāgrāns; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | fragro | I emit a smell of, I smell of, I am redolent of,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |