Where does “festerment” come from?

festerment (English) comes from English fester, from Old French festre, from Latin fistula, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

festerment (English): A festering

Definitions

  1. A festering

Ancestry of “festerment”, step by step

festerment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fester

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfesterA fistula; A sore or an ulcer of the skin; The...
2Old Frenchfestre—
3Latinfistulapipe, tube, especially a water pipe; hollow reed...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee

via English ment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmentsimple past tense and past participle of meng;...
2Korean멘트—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd- →Every word from Latin fistula →