putrefactio

putrefactio

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *puH-der.
Latin puter
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti
Proto-Italic *θakjō
Proto-Italic *fakjō
Latin faciō
Latin putrefaciō
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin putrefactiō

    From putrefaciō + -tiō.

    Noun

    putrefactiō f (genitive putrefactiōnis); third declension

    1. rotting, putrefaction

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative putrefactiō putrefactiōnēs
    genitive putrefactiōnis putrefactiōnum
    dative putrefactiōnī putrefactiōnibus
    accusative putrefactiōnem putrefactiōnēs
    ablative putrefactiōne putrefactiōnibus
    vocative putrefactiō putrefactiōnēs

    Descendants

    • Catalan: putrefacció
    • → French: putréfaction
    • Galician: putrefacción
    • Italian: putrefazione
    • Portuguese: putrefação
    • Spanish: putrefacción

    References

    • “putrefactio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “putrefactio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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