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Where does “fragranceless” come from?

fragranceless (English) comes from English fragrance, from French fragrance, from Ecclesiastical Latin fragrantia, from Latin fragro, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

fragranceless (English): Without a fragrance

Definitions

  1. Without a fragrance

Ancestry of “fragranceless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfragranceA pleasant smell or odour; To apply a fragrance...
2Frenchfragrancea fragrance, a pleasurable smell
3Ecclesiastical Latinfragrantianominative neuter plural of frāgrāns; accusative...
4LatinfragroI emit a smell of, I smell of, I am redolent of,...
5Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →