olfactory的词源

英文词源

olfactory

olfactory: [17] Olfactory means etymologically ‘making smell’. It was borrowed from Latin *olfactōrius, a derivative of the verb olfacere ‘smell’. This in turn was a blend of olēre ‘smell’ (source of English redolent and related to odour) and facere ‘make’ (source of English fact, faction, etc).
=> odour, redolent

olfactory (adj.)

1650s, from Latin olfactorius, from olfact-, past participle stem of olfacere "to get the smell of, sniff," from olere "emit a smell, give off a smell of" (see odor) + facere "to make" (see factitious).

中文词源

olfactory：嗅觉的

来自拉丁语olere,闻，嗅，散发气味，词源同odor.-fact,做，使，词源同fact,effect.即闻到气味的，有嗅觉的。字母d,l音变，比较tongue,language.

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