The story
- Latin · derived fromredolentem
- Old French · derived fromredolent
- Middle English · inherited fromredolent
- English todayredolent
From Middle English redolent (first attested in 1400), from Old French redolent, from Latin redolentem, present participle of redoleō (“to emit a scent”), from red- + oleō (“to smell”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.