Where does “putrere” come from?
putrere (Latin) comes from Latin putreo, from Latin putrescere, from Latin putresco, from Latin -sco, from Proto-Italic -skō, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
putrere (Latin): to be rotten
Definitions
- to be rotten
Ancestry of “putrere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | putreo | I decay, rot, putrefy; I fester |
| 2 | Latin | putrescere | present active infinitive of putrēscō; to rot |
| 3 | Latin | putresco | I putrefy or rot |
| 4 | Latin | -sco | Forms inchoative verbs from existing verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -skō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -sḱéti | Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs... |