Where does “parfuma” come from?

parfuma (Romanian) comes 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.

parfuma (Romanian): to perfume

Definitions

  1. to perfume

Ancestry of “parfuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchparfumerto perfume
2Latinperfumare—
3Latinfumōto smoke, steam, fume
4Latinfūmussmoke, steam, fume
5Proto-Italicfūmossmoke
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰuh₂móssmoke
7Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “parfuma”

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