Etymograph

English

putid

Putid comes from Latin pūtidus ‘festering, infected, purulent, suppurating’, and goes back to pūteō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūteō1
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūtidus1‘festering, infected, purulent, suppurating’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1651putid1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English putid
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1651, Joseph Beaumont: “Memorials of their putid Rottenneſſe”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūteōWiktionary, English putid
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūtidusWiktionary, English putid‘festering, infected, purulent, suppurating’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1651putidWiktionary, English putid. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1651, Joseph Beaumont: “Memorials of their putid Rottenneſſe”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *puH- ‘rotten, foul’

file, foul, filth, pus, putrid, 12 more

Today it means

adj rotten; fetid; stinking; base; worthless

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “putid”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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