English
scentmaker
From scent + maker.
Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to feel’
Latin sentiō ‘to feel, sense’
Old French sentir ‘to feel, perceive, smell, sense’
Middle English sent
English scent
Old English macian ‘to perform or carry out (a miracle)’
Middle English maken ‘to make or create’
Middle English maker ‘God as creator of all’
English maker
Today it means
noun A person who makes perfumes or other scented products.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / scentmaker