verb/pu.ʁiʁ/
to rot, decompose, putrefy, crumble; to waste away from a disease such as gangrene
Synonyms: décomposer
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *puH-der. Latin puter Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin putreō Vulgar Latin *putrīre Old French porrir French pourrir Inherited from Old French porrir, from Vulgar Latin *putrīre, from Latin putrēre, with inflexions taken from putrēscere.