English
osmeterium
Osmeterium comes from Ancient Greek ὀσμή ‘smell’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to smell’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-ye-reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὄζω‘to smell’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὀσμήosmḗ‘smell’
- Englishtodayosmeterium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-‘to smell’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ed-ye-reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὄζω‘to smell’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὀσμήosmḗ‘smell’
- Englishtodayosmeterium
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to smell’
dental, tooth, dent, zinc, odor, annoy, egregious, tusk, dens, odious, redolent, dancy, odium, 68 more
through Ancient Greek ὄζω ‘to smell’
through Ancient Greek ὀσμή ‘smell’
Today it means
noun One of a pair of scent organs in the larvae of certain swallowtail butterflies.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- / osmeterium