Where does “fétide” come from?
fétide (French) comes from Latin foetidus, from Latin fētidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
fétide (French): fetid, foetid, foul; first-person singular...
Definitions
- fetid, foetid, foul; first-person singular...
Ancestry of “fétide”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | foetidus | Alternative form of fētidus; foul-smelling;... |
| 2 | Latin | fētidus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
Words derived from “fétide”