English

girlsmell

Compound of girl + smell.

A compound of girl + smell

Middle English gerle ‘young person’

English girl

Proto-Indo-European *smel- ‘to burn’

Proto-West Germanic *smalljan ‘to glow’

Old English *smiellan ‘to fume’

Middle English smellen ‘to sense a smell or smells’

English smell

Today it means

noun A girl or woman's body odour, often regarded as attractive.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / girlsmell