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Olfactory

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means relating to the sense of smell
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Stage 1 of 2
olfacere
Latin · ancient
"to smell"
to smell, from olere (to smell) and facere (to make)
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Stage 2 of 2
olfactory
English · 1650s
"relating to the sense of smell"
settled as the English word for anything relating to the sense of smell
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