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Where does “senteur” come from?

senteur (French) comes from French sentir, from Old French sentir, from Latin sentiō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

senteur (French): scent, perfume

Definitions

  1. scent, perfume

Ancestry of “senteur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsentirto smell; to taste; to feel
2Old Frenchsentirto feel; to smell
3Latinsentiō—
4Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
5Latin-tōrius—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “senteur”

  • senteur
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