Etymograph

English

putridity

Putridity comes from French putridité.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentputridité1
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1929putridity1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English putridity
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: “This gush of putridity was blown southwards by the…”.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentputriditéWiktionary, English putridity
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1929putridityWiktionary, English putridity. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: “This gush of putridity was blown southwards by the…”

Every English word from French putridité

Today it means

noun The state of being putrid.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “putridity”. 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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