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Where does “putidior” come from?

putidior (Latin) comes from Latin pūtidus, from Latin pūteō, from Proto-Italic pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

putidior (Latin): more rotten, decaying, spoiled, fetid, etc

Definitions

  1. more rotten, decaying, spoiled, fetid, etc

Ancestry of “putidior”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūtidus—
2Latinpūteō—
3Proto-Italicpūtos—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
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