Where does “fragranță” come from?
fragranță (Romanian) comes from French fragrance, from Ecclesiastical Latin fragrantia, from Latin fragro, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.
fragranță (Romanian): fragrance
Definitions
- fragrance
Ancestry of “fragranță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fragrance | a fragrance, a pleasurable smell |
| 2 | Ecclesiastical Latin | fragrantia | nominative neuter plural of frāgrāns; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | fragro | I emit a smell of, I smell of, I am redolent of,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | frāgrāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂gro- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰreh₂g- | to smell |