scent

• n. におい; 嗅覚; 痕跡; 探知力
• vt.匂いを嗅ぐ；探知する；匂いで充満させる；遺跡の匂いで追跡する
• においを放つ；においを示す；においで追いつく
• n. （香）人の名前；（英）Cent.

古フランス語のsentir「感じる、感知する、嗅ぐ」から。ラテン語のsentire「感じる、感知する」が語源で、語源的にはsense「感覚」、sentiment「感情」と同じ。 cが挿入されたのは-sc-の影響かもしれない。smell、scent、odor、breathなどが語源。

scent

scent: [14] Scent comes ultimately from the same source that gave English sensation, sense, sentient, and sentiment – namely, Latin sentīre ‘feel, perceive’. It arrived via Old French sentir, and at first was sent in English (‘Fishes lurking among the stones [the dogs] seek out with their sent’, James Dalrymple, Leslie’s history of Scotland 1596). The modern sc- spelling did not begin to emerge until the 17th century. It is not known what the reason for it was, although it may have been a resolution of a possible confusion with the past form of send.
=> sensation, sense, sentient, sentiment

scent (v.)

late 14c., sent "to find the scent of," from Old French sentir "to feel, smell, touch, taste; realize, perceive; make love to," from Latin sentire " to feel, perceive, sense, discern, hear, see" (see sense (n.)).

Originally a hunting term. The -c- appeared 17c., perhaps by influence of ascent, descent, etc., or by influence of science. This was a tendency in early Modern English, also in scythe and for a time threatening to make scite and scituate. Figurative use from 1550s. Transitive sense "impregnate with an odor, perfume" is from 1690s. Related: Scented; scenting.

scent (n.)

late 14c., "scent, smell, what can be smelled" (as a means of pursuit by a hound), from scent (v.). Almost always applied to agreeable odors.

1. She loved the scent in the house of wax polish.

彼女は家のワックスの匂いが好きだ。

2.Flowers are chosen for their scent as well as their look.

花選びは形を見るだけでなく香りを嗅ぐ必要があります。

3.Many kinds of insect find their mates by scent .

多くの昆虫がにおいを通して交尾相手を見つけた。

4. Scent your drawers and wardrobe with your favourite aromas.

お気に入りの香りであなたの引き出しとクローゼットを香りづけます。

5.A slight breeze rose，wafting the heavy scent of flowers past her.

清風が吹き、濃厚な花の香りが彼女に漂ってきた。