Where does “microfragrance” come from?
microfragrance (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.
microfragrance (English): A fragrance stored in tiny amounts in a material,...
Definitions
- A fragrance stored in tiny amounts in a material,...
Ancestry of “microfragrance”, step by step
microfragrance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fragrance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fragrance | A pleasant smell or odour; To apply a fragrance... |
| 2 | French | fragrance | a fragrance, a pleasurable smell |
| 3 | Ecclesiastical Latin | fragrantia | nominative neuter plural of frāgrāns; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | fragro | I emit a smell of, I smell of, I am redolent of,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |