- fumigate (v.)
[fumigate 词源字典]
- 1520s, "scent with perfumes," back-formation from fumigation. The older verb was simply fume (c. 1400). Meaning "apply smoke or fumes to," especially for cleansing purposes, is from 1781. Related: Fumigated; fumigating; fumigatory.[fumigate etymology, fumigate origin, 英语词源]