myEtymology.com: English etymology of perfuming

Etymology of the English word perfuming

the English word perfuming

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-