Where does “fragrant” come from?

fragrant (Romanian) comes from French fragrant, from Latin frāgrāns, from Latin frāgrō, from Proto-Italic frāgrāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- — to smell.

fragrant (Romanian): fragrant

Definitions

  1. fragrant

Ancestry of “fragrant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfragrant—
2LatinfrāgrānsEmitting a smell, smelling; fragrant, sweet scented or smelling
3Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
4Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂g- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰreh₂gro- →Every word from Proto-Italic frāgrāō →