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Where does “putride” come from?

putride (Old French) comes from Latin putridus, 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.

Ancestry of “putride”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinputridusrotten, decayed, putrid; withered
2Latinpūtreō—
3Latin-eō—
4Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
5Proto-Italic-ējō—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
7Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “putride”

  • putrid
  • putridness
  • putridly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yeti →