Etymology

unaromatic

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Today it means: not aromatic Full definition →

English aromatic ← Old French aromatique ← Late Latin arōmaticus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Ancient Greekἄρωμα (árōma)
  9. Ancient Greekἀρωματικός (arōmatikós)
  10. Late Latinarōmaticus
  11. Old Frencharomatique
  12. Englisharomatic
  13. English todayunaromatic

From un- + aromatic.

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