The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὀσμή“smell, scent, odour”
- English todayosmic
From osmium + -ic if used with the first meaning. From Ancient Greek ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell, scent, odour”) + -ic if used with the second meaning.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὀσμή all →
osmiumosmanthuseuosmiteosmazomeosmeterium-osmiaosmidrosisosmo-phantosmia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.