pyo-
English
prefix
Definitions
- (medicine) of or relating to pus
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek πῦον (discharge from a sore, pus) derived from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (rotten, foul, rot, stink, pus), *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
Emoji
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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
- puteo Latin
- puteo, putēre Latin
- puter Latin
- puter, putrem Latin
- puteō Latin
- putrefacio Latin
- putrefactio Latin
- putrefactiō Latin
- putreo Latin
- putridus Latin
- putrēre Latin
- putēre Latin
- pūs Latin
- pūteō Latin
- pūtōrem Latin
- puzzare Italian
- puzzore Italian
- pourriture French
- πυός Ancient Greek
- πύθω Ancient Greek
- πύον Ancient Greek
- πῦον Ancient Greek
- *puH- Proto-Indo-European
- *puHtós Proto-Indo-European
- *púH-ye-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *bi- Proto-Germanic
- *fūlaz Proto-Germanic
- *fūô Proto-Germanic
- पूयति Sanskrit
- փուտ Old Armenian
- putréfier Middle French
- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- *fūliþu gmw-pro
- *púHyati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *putso Proto-Albanian
- *spHul Proto-Albanian