Where does “turgide” come from?

turgide (French) comes from Latin turgidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.

turgide (French): turgid

Definitions

  1. turgid

Ancestry of “turgide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinturgidusturgid, swollen, inflated, distended; bombastic,...
2Latin-idustending to
3Proto-Italic*-iðos—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-iðos →Every word from Latin -idus →Every word from Latin turgidus →