Pustule
/ˈpʌs.tʃuːl/noun
A small, inflamed, pus-filled swelling on the skin.
Did you know?‘Pustule’ ultimately descends from Latin *pustula*, a blister or pimple, and shares its ancestry with words built around the idea of swelling and corruption in the body.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peu-
“to swell, be full, or become swollen”
Latin
Latin
pustula
“a blister, boil, or small swelling on the skin”
Late Latin
Latin
pustula
“a pimple or blister”
Old French
Old French
pustule
“a blister or pimple”
Middle English
English
pustule
“a blister or small skin lesion”
Modern English
English
pustule
“a small pus-filled swelling on the skin”