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Where does “fragrant” come from?

Fragrant comes from Latin fragrans, the present participle of fragro, which derives from the Proto-Indo-European root bʰreh₂gro- meaning to smell or emit odor.

fragrant (English): Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant scent or...

Definitions

  1. Sweet-smelling; having a pleasant scent or...

Ancestry of “fragrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfrāgrāns—
2Latinfrāgrō—
3Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

Words derived from “fragrant”

  • fragrantly
  • fragrancy
  • unfragrant
  • infragrant
  • nonfragrant
  • overfragrant
  • fragrantness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →