Proto-Indo-European

*puH-

‘rotten, foul’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *puH-.

18 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *puH-, most familiar first.

• file ← filen ← fȳlan ← *fūlijan ← *fūlijaną
• foul ← ffoul ← fūl ← *fūl ← *fūlaz
• filth ← fȳlþu ← *fūliþu ← *fūl ← *fūlaz
• pus ← *puos ← *púH-os ~ *púH-es-os
• putrid ← putride ← putridus ← putreō ← puter
• defile ← defilen ← defoulen ← defoler ← foler
• purulent ← pūrulentus ← pūs ← *puos ← *púH-os ~ *púH-es-os
• puer ← puir ← *putīre ← pūtēre
• putrefy ← putréfier
• putrescine ← pūtrēscō ← putreō ← puter
• pozzolana ← Puteoli ← puteō
• putrescent ← pūtrēscēns ← pūtrēscō ← putreō ← puter

More words from *puH-

• suppurate
• befile
• diapyesis
• putrescible
• puriform
• putid

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *puH-