Where does “pustulă” come from?

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

pustulă (Romanian): pustule; pimple

Definitions

  1. pustule; pimple

Ancestry of “pustulă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpustulepustule
2Old Frenchpustulepustule
3Latinpustulainflamed sore, blister, pustule
4Finnishpus-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"

Words derived from “pustulă

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