Where does “pustule” come from?

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

pustule (Old French): pustule

Definitions

  1. pustule

Ancestry of “pustule”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pustule”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Finnish pus- →Every word from Latin pustula →