Where does “geruchsspezifisch” come from?

geruchsspezifisch (German) comes from German spezifisch, from French spécifique, from Latin specificus, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

geruchsspezifisch (German): odour-specific

Definitions

  1. odour-specific

Ancestry of “geruchsspezifisch”, step by step

geruchsspezifisch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German spezifisch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanspezifischspecific; unique; intrinsic
2Frenchspécifiquespecific; a specific, a remedy for a particular...
3Latinspecificusspecific, particular
4Latinfaciōto do
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōriusory
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via German Geruch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGeruchsmell, odour
2Middle High Germanrūch
3Old High Germanrūhrough
4Proto-Germanicrūhwazrough
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -toriumEvery word from Latin -tor