English
stinkometer
From stink + -o- + -meter.
Formed from stink + -o- + -meter
Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- ‘to push’
Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną ‘to emit a smell’
Old English stincan ‘to stink’
Middle English stinken
English stink
Today it means
noun A device that measures bad smell.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stinkometer”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / stinkometer