Where does “olfaciō” come from?

olfaciō (Latin) comes from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

olfaciō (Latin): to smell, scent

Definitions

  1. to smell, scent

Ancestry of “olfaciō”, step by step

olfaciō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin faciō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfaciōto do
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōriusory
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via Latin oleō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinoleō—
2Proto-Italicoleōto stoke a fire by burning a sacrifice
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂oléye-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

Words derived from “olfaciō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -torium →Every word from Latin -tor →