English
anosmatic
Anosmatic comes from French anosmatique.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentanosmatique
- Englishtodayanosmatic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentanosmatique
- Englishtodayanosmatic
Formed from an- + osmatic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’
Proto-Germanic *ana- ‘on’
Proto-West Germanic *ana- ‘Forming verbs and adjectives from participles…’
English an-
The story
From French anosmatique (‘anosmatic’), coined by French anthropologist, anatomist and physician Pierre Paul Broca (1824–1880) in Revue d’Anthropologie (2nd Series), volume II, page 398); analysable as an- + osmatic.
Every English word from French anosmatique
Today it means
adj Lacking olfactory organs, and so having no sense of smell; anosmic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French anosmatique / anosmatic