Where does “olfacturus” come from?

olfacturus (Latin) comes from Latin olfacio, from Latin olefacio, from Latin facio, from Proto-Italic fakjō, from Proto-Italic *θakjō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

olfacturus (Latin): about to smell, scent

Definitions

  1. about to smell, scent

Ancestry of “olfacturus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinolfacioI smell, scent; I smell, detect, surmise; hear...
2Latinolefacio—
3LatinfacioI do; I make, construct, fashion, frame, build,...
4Proto-Italicfakjōto make
5Proto-Italic*θakjō—
6Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁k-yé-ti—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti →Every word from Proto-Italic *θakjō →