Where does “odoriferant” come from?
odoriferant (Romanian) comes from French odoriférant, from Latin odōrifer, from Italian odorifero, from Latin odōriferum, from Latin odor, from Latin odōs, from Proto-Italic odōs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃édos — to smell, stink; to hate; to bite.
odoriferant (Romanian): sweet-smelling
Definitions
- sweet-smelling
Ancestry of “odoriferant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | odoriférant | odoriferous, fragrant |
| 2 | Latin | odōrifer | fragrant, odoriferous |
| 3 | Italian | odorifero | odoriferous, odorous |
| 4 | Latin | odōriferum | — |
| 5 | Latin | odor | A smell, perfume, stench; Inkling, suggestion |
| 6 | Latin | odōs | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | odōs | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃édos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ed- | to smell, stink; to hate; to bite |