- putrid
[putrid 词源字典]
- putrid: see pus
[putrid etymology, putrid origin, 英语词源] - putrid (adj.)
- early 15c., from Latin putridus, from putrere "to rot," from putris "rotten, crumbling," related to putere "to stink," from PIE root *pu- (2) "to rot, stink" (see pus). First in reference to putrid fever, an old name for typhus (also known in Middle English as putrida). Related: Putrification.