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pourrir

/pu.ʁiʁ/

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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.