Where does “odor” come from?
odor (Romanian) comes from French odeur, from Middle French odeur, from Old French odor, from Latin odor, from Latin odōs, from Proto-Italic odōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃édos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ed- — to smell, stink; to hate; to bite.
odor (Romanian): smell
Definitions
- smell
Ancestry of “odor”, step by step
odor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French odeur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | odeur | smell, odour |
| 2 | Middle French | odeur | smell |
| 3 | Old French | odor | smell |
| 4 | Latin | odor | A smell, perfume, stench; Inkling, suggestion |
| 5 | Latin | odōs | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | odōs | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃édos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ed- | to smell, stink; to hate; to bite |
via Serbo-Croatian odor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | odor | — |