Putrid
/ˈpjuːtrɪd/noun
Decayed and foul-smelling; rotting.
Did you know?Putrid comes from Latin putridus, from putrere, meaning “to rot,” and it shares a deep root with words tied to decay, corruption, and physical breaking-down.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*peu-
“to rot, decay”
Latin
Latin
putrere
“to rot, decay”
Latin
Latin
putridus
“rotten, decayed, foul”
Late Latin
Latin
putridus
“rotten, decayed”
Middle English
English
putrid
“rotting, foul-smelling”
Modern English
English
putrid
“decayed and offensive in smell”
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