putrid
English
/ˈpju.tɹəd/
adj
Definitions
- Rotting, rotten, being in a state of putrefaction.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of putrefaction, especially having a bad smell, like that of rotting flesh.
- Vile, disgusting.
- Morally corrupt
- Totally objectionable
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French putride derived from Latin putridus (rotten, decayed, putrid) root from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (rotten, foul, rot, stink, pus).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*puH-
Gloss
rotten, foul, rot, stink, pus
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afoul English
- befilth English
- befoul English
- putrescent English
- putridly English
- putridness English
- *putrīre Latin
- puteo Latin
- puteo, putēre Latin
- puter Latin
- puter, putrem Latin
- puteō Latin
- putorius Latin
- putrefacio Latin
- putrefactio Latin
- putrefactiō Latin
- putreo Latin
- putreō Latin
- putridus Latin
- putrēre Latin
- putēre Latin
- pūs Latin
- pūteō Latin
- pūtōrem Latin
- putrido Italian
- puzzare Italian
- puzzore Italian
- pourriture French
- putride French
- podredumbre Spanish, Castilian
- pudrimiento Spanish, Castilian
- pudrir Spanish, Castilian
- pútrido Spanish, Castilian
- πυός Ancient Greek
- πύον Ancient Greek
- πῦον Ancient Greek
- *puH- Proto-Indo-European
- *puHtós Proto-Indo-European
- *púH-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- pútrido Portuguese
- *bi- Proto-Germanic
- *fūlaz Proto-Germanic
- *fūô Proto-Germanic
- putride Old French
- putri Esperanto
- podrit Catalan, Valencian
- putred Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- փուտ Old Armenian
- putréfier Middle French
- *fūliþu gmw-pro
- putrid Aromanian
- *putso Proto-Albanian
- *spHul Proto-Albanian