Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “malodourousness” come from?

malodourousness (English) comes from English malodourous, from English malodour, from English odour, from Middle English odour, from Anglo-Norman odour, from Old French odor, from Latin odor, from Latin odōs — to smell, stink; to hate; to bite.

malodourousness (English): Rare spelling of malodorousness

Definitions

  1. Rare spelling of malodorousness

Ancestry of “malodourousness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmalodourousAlternative form of malodorous
2EnglishmalodourAlternative spelling of malodor
3EnglishodourAlternative form of odor
4Middle EnglishodourA smell or scent; a nasal sensation; A sensation...
5Anglo-Normanodour—
6Old Frenchodor—
7LatinodorA smell, perfume, stench; Inkling, suggestion
8Latinodōs—
9Proto-Italicodōs—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃édos—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ed-to smell, stink; to hate; to bite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ed- →