The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀσμή“smell”
- English todayosmeterium
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”), ὀσμητός (osmētós, “smelled”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὀσμή all →
osmiumosmanthuseuosmiteosmazome-osmiaosmicosmidrosisosmo-phantosmia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.