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Where does “pustulosus” come from?

pustulosus (Latin) comes from Latin pustula, from Finnish pus-, from Proto-Indo-European bew- — "low-pitch humming noise".

pustulosus (Latin): full of blisters or pustules

Definitions

  1. full of blisters or pustules

Ancestry of “pustulosus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpustulainflamed sore, blister, pustule
2Finnishpus-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “pustulosus”

  • pustulose
  • pustuloso
  • pustoloso
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