Etymology

smell-o-meter

Today it means: That which registers the magnitude of odor. Full definition →

English smell ← Middle English smellen ← Old English *smiellan
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*smalljan
  2. Old English*smiellan
  3. Middle Englishsmellen
  4. Englishsmell
  5. English todaysmell-o-meter

From smell + -o-meter.

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