Where does “fragrance” come from?
fragrance (French) comes from Ecclesiastical Latin fragrantia, from Latin fragro, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.
fragrance (French): a fragrance, a pleasurable smell
Definitions
- a fragrance, a pleasurable smell
Ancestry of “fragrance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecclesiastical Latin | fragrantia | nominative neuter plural of frāgrāns; accusative... |
| 2 | Latin | fragro | I emit a smell of, I smell of, I am redolent of,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |