Where does “pustule” come from?

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

pustule (Romanian): plural of pustulă

Definitions

  1. plural of pustulă

Ancestry of “pustule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpustulăpustule; pimple
2Frenchpustulepustule
3Old Frenchpustulepustule
4Latinpustulainflamed sore, blister, pustule
5Finnishpus-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbew-"low-pitch humming noise"
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bew- →Every word from Finnish pus- →Every word from Latin pustula →