Where does “putrescent” come from?

putrescent (Romanian) comes from French putrescent, from Latin pūtrēscēns, 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.

putrescent (Romanian): putrescent

Definitions

  1. putrescent

Ancestry of “putrescent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchputrescentputrescent
2Latinpūtrēscēnsputrefying, rotting
3Latinpūtrēscōto putrefy, rot
4Latinpūtreōto be rotten, decaying, putrid
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Latin -eōEvery word from Latin pūtreō
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