Etymology

malodorous

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Today it means: Having a bad odor. Full definition →

English odorous ← Old French mal- ← Latin male
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The story

  1. Latinmale
  2. Old Frenchmal-
  3. Englishmal-
  4. Englishodorous
  5. English todaymalodorous

From mal- + odorous.

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