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E 0628 ODOUR
The word "odour" has a Latin origin
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H 0198 ע ת ר
Concept of root : odour
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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ע ת ר
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‛atar
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odor, perfume
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Related English words
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odour
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Comparison between European words and
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Languages
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Words
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Pronunciation
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English meanings
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Similarity in roots
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Hebrew
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ע ת ר
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‛atar
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odor, perfume
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‛a t . r
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Latin
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odor
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odor
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smell
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o d . r
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English
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odour
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odour
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o d . r
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Proto-Semitic *‛ATHAR --- *ODOR Latin < OD- Indo-European
The root of this entry is the same as that of number E 0309 (Hebrew 0197), but the similarity with Latin is different, clearer and more direct. For that reason a specific entry is dedicated to it.
For the concepts of perfume and smell exist many different roots. Greek has "OSmè", but also in Homer "ODmè" and in Doric dialect "ODma". Latin has "ODor", but the Romans also said that "money does not smell = pecunia non OLet". However this came about, the similarities between Hebrew and European languages are found. The Hebrew word "‛atar" for perfume must be old, as it appears in the Bible, be it very rarily.
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- Latin. There is a generally accepted theory that "odor" comes from a hypothetical older "*odos". This is based on a comparison with Greek "ozdo, odma, osma", but the rich variation of Latin words based on "odor" , with the " R ", makes this questionable.
Greek has the verb "ozo, pf. ododa = to produce smell", a smell that mostly but not always is bad, and the nouns "odmè, osmè = good smell, fragrance, perfume". An original "*O D-" is presumed.
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- Proto-Semitic. This root is , with the dental "TH" instead of "T", with related meanings, found in Aramaic ע ט ר, ‛athar = it smoked" , Syriac ע ט ר, ‛ethar = exhaled, steamed, smoked", Arabic ‛athirà = it smelled sweet, was fragrant" and Ethiopian ‛athana = he perfumed, scented". Probably Proto-Semitic used this version "* ע ט ר".
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- Indo-European. There is little information outside Latin and Greek. It is uncertain if Armenian "hot = smell " is related. The hypothesis "*O D-" gives no certainty, but is the best one available. Further developments may already have begun in Indo-European, especially the adding of the second consonant " R ".
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 22/12/2012 at 17.37.05 |
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