Inherited from Latin olōrem , a non-Classical counterpart to Latin odōrem , likely influenced by olēre ( “ to smell ” ) , both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European * h₃ed- ( “ to smell, stink ” ) .
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Inherited from Latin olōrem , a non-Classical counterpart to Latin odōrem , likely influenced by olēre ( “ to smell ” ) , both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European * h₃ed- ( “ to smell, stink ” ) .
Borrowed from Spanish olor ( “ smell, odor ” ) .
Inherited from Spanish olor ( “ smell ” ) , from Old Spanish , from Vulgar Latin , Late Latin olor , from Latin odor , influenced by oleō . Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European * h₃ed- ( “ to smell, stink ” ) .
From Proto-Indo-European * h₁el- ( a type of bird, waterfowl ) . Cognate with Welsh alarch ( “ swan ” ) , Old Norse álka ( “ auk ” ) . More at auk .
Pre- and post-Classical counterpart to odor , likely influenced by, or formed anew from, oleō ( “ smell ” ) .
Inherited from Old Occitan olor , from Latin olōrem , a non-Classical counterpart to Latin odōrem , likely influenced by olēre ( “ to smell ” ) , both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European * h₃ed- ( “ to smell, stink ” ) .
Inherited from Latin olōrem , a non-Classical counterpart to Latin odōrem , likely influenced by olēre ( “ to smell ” ) , both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European * h₃ed- ( “ to smell, stink ” ) .
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Did candid always mean honest?
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Is the -red in hatred the color red?
No. Middle English -rede / -reden continues Old English -ræden, a suffixal or affixoid element denoting state, condition, or quality.
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No. It is the reduced relic of Old English -ræden, a condition or state-forming element. The wider pattern once made social and abstract nouns and survives principally in kindred and hatred.
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