Where does “porrir” come from?
porrir (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin putrire, from Latin pūtreō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.
porrir (Old French): to rot; to decompose
Definitions
- to rot; to decompose
Ancestry of “porrir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | putrire | present active infinitive of *putriō |
| 2 | Latin | pūtreō | to be rotten, decaying, putrid |
| 3 | Latin | -eō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -ēō | Forms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ējō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₁yeti | Thematicization of the athematic stative verbal... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |