Step 1 : Introduction to the question "6. What does the word "olfactory" mean, and what Latin word is it derived from? What is the Latin word's meaning?"
...1. not smart; facto, factere - to know 2. smart; facto, factere-- to know 3. busy; facio, facere-- to make 4. relating to smell - olfactorius - relating to smell Olfactorius is a Latin adjective, with the usual -us, -a, -um endings. It means 'nose-gay'. It wasn't actually used in Ancient times. It inspired an English word, olfactorious, which olfactory came from. The word olfactorius comes from the fourth principal part of olfacere (to smell), which is olfactus. That word came from olere, to give off a smell, and facere, to make.
