Where does “parfum” come from?

parfum (Romanian) comes from French parfum, from French parfumer, from Latin perfumare, from Latin fumō, from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

parfum (Romanian): perfume

Definitions

  1. perfume

Ancestry of “parfum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparfumperfume; scent, desirable smell; flavour, aroma,...
2Frenchparfumerto perfume
3Latinperfumare—
4Latinfumōto smoke, steam, fume
5Latinfūmussmoke, steam, fume
6Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “parfum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰuh₂mós →Every word from Proto-Italic fūmos →