Where does “parfum” come from?
parfum (English) comes from French parfum, from French parfumer, from Latin perfumare, from Latin fumō, from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
parfum (English): Fragrance; perfume
Ancestry of “parfum”, step by step