English
suppuration
Suppuration comes from Latin suppūrō ‘to gather matter, fester, suppurate’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuppūrō‘to gather matter, fester, suppurate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuppūrātiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1600-1700suppuration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuppūrō‘to gather matter, fester, suppurate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuppūrātiō
- Englishearliest quotation 1600-1700suppuration
Earliest quotation: 1600-1700, Arbuthnot, John: “by the Inflammation and Suppuration of the axillary, inguinal,…”
The story
First use appears c. 1425.
Every English word from Latin suppūrō
Today it means
noun The decay in tissue producing pus, or the pus itself.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin suppūrō / suppuration