Where does “olfactophilia” come from?
olfactophilia (English) comes from English olfacto-, from Latin olfactus, from Latin olfaciō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.
olfactophilia (English): sexual arousal caused by smells
Definitions
- sexual arousal caused by smells
Ancestry of “olfactophilia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | olfacto- | smell |
| 2 | Latin | olfactus | smelled, scented; smelling; sense of smell |
| 3 | Latin | olfaciō | — |
| 4 | Latin | faciō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 6 | Latin | -tōrius | — |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |