English
fetor
Fetor comes from Latin fētor, and goes back to fēteō ‘to stink, smell bad’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēteō‘to stink, smell bad’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfētor
- Englishearliest quotation 2021fetor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēteō‘to stink, smell bad’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEfētor
- Englishearliest quotation 2021fetor
Earliest quotation: 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland: “Heʼd thrown rancid meat in a fire to fill…”
Linked words
through Latin fēteō ‘to stink, smell bad’
Today it means
noun An unpleasant smell.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin fēteō / fetor