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Where does “fragrância” come from?

fragrância (Portuguese) comes from Latin fragrantia, from Latin frāgrāns, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

fragrância (Portuguese): fragrance; perfume

Definitions

  1. fragrance; perfume

Ancestry of “fragrância”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfragrantianominative neuter plural of frāgrāns; accusative...
2Latinfrāgrāns—
3Latinfrāgrō—
4Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →