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Where does “apodrecimento” come from?

apodrecimento (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese apodrecer, from Old Portuguese podreçer, from Latin pūtrēscō, from Latin pūtreō, from Latin -eō, from Proto-Italic -ēō, from Proto-Italic -ējō, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₁yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

apodrecimento (Portuguese): decay; corruption

Definitions

  1. decay; corruption

Ancestry of “apodrecimento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseapodrecerto rot, to decay, to decompose
2Old Portuguesepodreçer—
3Latinpūtrēscō—
4Latinpūtreō—
5Latin-eō—
6Proto-Italic-ēōForms stative verbs, indicating a state of being;...
7Proto-Italic-ējō—
8Proto-Indo-European-éh₁yetiThematicization of the athematic stative verbal...
9Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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