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Where does “pourrissement” come from?

pourrissement (French) comes from French pourrir, from Old French porrir, from Vulgar Latin putrire, from Latin pūtreō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

pourrissement (French): deterioration; decay

Definitions

  1. deterioration; decay

Ancestry of “pourrissement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpourrirto rot, decompose, putrefy, crumble; to waste...
2Old Frenchporrir—
3Vulgar Latinputrirepresent active infinitive of *putriō
4Latinpūtreō—
5Latin-eō—
6Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
7Proto-Italic-ējō—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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