Where does “parfum” come from?

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

parfum (Middle French): perfume

Definitions

  1. perfume

Ancestry of “parfum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “parfum”

Every word from Proto-Italic peri- →Every word from Latin per- →