malodor
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malodor
- /ˌmælˈəʊ.də(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˌmælˈoʊ.dɚ/ US
Where it comes from
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Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos?
Proto-Italic *malos
Archaic Latin malos
Latin malus
Latin maleder.
Old French mal-
English mal-
English odor
English malodor
From mal- (“bad”) + odor.
noun malodors · malodour
- An offensive odor.
