Word origin
[1875–80; ‹ Sp: lit., sweet-smelling, equiv. to
olor smell (‹ L (var. of
odor odor), equiv. to
ol(
ēre) to give off a smell +
-or -or1) +
-oso -ous]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Diaspora, knockabout, neoclassic, overdraft, slime mold