Where does “pūtrefaciō” come from?

pūtrefaciō (Latin) comes from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

pūtrefaciō (Latin): to rot or putrefy

Definitions

  1. to rot or putrefy

Ancestry of “pūtrefaciō”, step by step

pūtrefaciō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin faciō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfaciōto do
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōriusory
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via Latin pūter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūterrotten, decaying
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuH-rotten, foul

Words derived from “pūtrefaciō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -torium →Every word from Latin -tor →