Etymograph

English

subolfactory

From sub- + olfactory.

Formed from sub- + olfactory

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Latin olfaciō ‘to smell’

Latin olfactōrius ‘of or pertaining to smell or to one who smells’

English olfactory

Today it means

adj Underneath the olfactory organ

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subolfactory”. 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.

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