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Where does “parfum” come from?

parfum (Middle French) comes from Latin per-, from Proto-Italic peri-.

Ancestry of “parfum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinper-Used to make adjectives or verbs that are "very"...
2Proto-Italicperi-—

Words derived from “parfum”

  • perfume
  • perfumery
  • perfumer
  • unperfumed
  • perfumey
  • perfumeless
  • perfumelike
  • perfumable
  • overperfume
  • parfum
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