Where does “turgid” come from?

Turgid comes from Latin turgidus, formed with the Latin suffix -idus from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-.

turgid (English): Distended beyond the natural state by some...

Definitions

  1. Distended beyond the natural state by some...

Ancestry of “turgid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinturgidusturgid, swollen, inflated, distended; bombastic,...
2Latin-idustending to
3Proto-Italic*-iðos—

Words derived from “turgid”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin turgidus →