Latin
puter
‘rotten, decaying, putrid’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin puter.
4 English words in this record descend from Latin puter, most familiar first.
- putrid ← putride ← putridus ← putreō
- putrescine ← pūtrēscō ← putreō
- putrescent ← pūtrēscēns ← pūtrēscō ← putreō
- putrescible ← putrēscō ← putreō
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Etymograph / Latin puter