myEtymology.com: English etymology of perfumer

Etymology of the English word perfumer

the English word perfumer

using the English suffix -er

derived from the Proto-Germanic root *-arjaz

using the Latin suffix -arius (-ar)

derived from the English word perfume

derived from the French word parfum

derived from the Old Italian word parfumo

derived from the Old Italian word parfumare

derived from the Old Italian word fumare

derived from the Latin word fumare (smoke, steam, fume)

derived from the Medieval Latin word fumus (smoke, steam, vapor)

using the Old Italian prefix par-