Where does “parfumare” come from?

parfumare (Italian) comes from Romanian parfuma, 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.

Ancestry of “parfumare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianparfumato perfume
2Frenchparfumerto perfume
3Latinperfumare—
4Latinfumōto smoke, steam, fume
5Latinfūmussmoke, steam, fume
6Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós →Every word from Proto-Italic fūmos →