putreo.
to be rotten, decaying, putrid
Meaning & usage
to be rotten, decaying, putrid
to be festering
Where this word comes from
From puter (“rotten, decaying”) + -eō, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-; compare Sanskrit पूयति (pūyati, “stinks, rots”), Ancient Greek πύον (púon, “discharge from a sore”), πύθω (púthō, “to rot”), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fuls, “foul”), Old English fūl (“foul”).
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