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Where does “podredumbre” come from?

podredumbre (Spanish) comes from Spanish pudrir, from Spanish podrir, from Vulgar Latin putrire, 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.

podredumbre (Spanish): putrefaction

Definitions

  1. putrefaction

Ancestry of “podredumbre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpudrirto rot; to rot, to decompose, to waste away, to...
2SpanishpodrirAlternative form of pudrir
3Vulgar Latinputrirepresent active infinitive of *putriō
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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