Where does “parfum” come from?

parfum (French) comes 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 (French): perfume; scent, desirable smell; flavour, aroma,...

Definitions

  1. perfume; scent, desirable smell; flavour, aroma,...

Ancestry of “parfum”, step by step

parfum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French parfumer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparfumerto perfume
2Latinperfumare—
3Latinfumōto smoke, steam, fume
4Latinfūmussmoke, steam, fume
5Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Middle French parfum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchparfumperfume
2Latinfūmāre—

Words derived from “parfum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós →Every word from Proto-Italic fūmos →