Pustulate
/ˈpʌs.tʃə.leɪt/noun
To form or develop pustules; covered with pustules.
Did you know?“Pustulate” descends from Latin *pustula*, a blister or swelling, from a root tied to swelling and erupting—proof that English often inherits its most visceral words from the body’s oldest wounds.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peu-
“to swell, be full, or become swollen”
Latin
Latin
pustula
“a blister, pimple, or swelling on the skin”
Late Latin
Latin
pustulatus
“covered with pustules”
Middle English
English
pustulen
“to form pustules”
Modern English
English
pustulate
“to develop pustules or be covered with them”