English
suppurate
Suppurate comes from Latin suppūrātus, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *puH- ‘rotten, foul’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*puH-‘rotten, foul’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuppūrātus
- Englishearliest quotation 1952suppurate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*puH-‘rotten, foul’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuppūrātus
- Englishearliest quotation 1952suppurate
Earliest quotation: 1952, Norman Lewis: “Their suppurating wounds, their goitres, their tumours are hideously…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *puH- ‘rotten, foul’
Today it means
verb To form or discharge pus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *puH- / suppurate