"rotten" in seven languages
Meaningrotten
Spanish
/poˈdɾido/
inherited
The participle of pudrir (also podrir).
French
/puʁi/
inherited
The participle of pourrir.
Italian
/ˈmartʃo/
other source · Latin MARCIDUM 'withered'
Putrido, from PUTRIDUM, is learned.
Portuguese
/ˈpodɾi/
inherited
From PUTREM, the adjective; the verb is apodrecer.
Romanian
/ˈputred/
inherited
fem.: putredă
From PUTRIDUM. Of food, stricat 'spoiled' is also common.
Catalan
/puˈdɾit/
inherited
fem.: podrida
The participle of podrir.
English
/ˈɹɑtən/
other source · Old Norse rotinn
The Latin ancestor
PUTRĒRE‘to rot (spoken *PUTRĪRE)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
PUTRĒRE voiced its t in the west (podrido, podre, podrit) and lost it in French (pourri). Italian rots with MARCIDUS 'withered', and keeps putrido for books.
English relatives: putrid, putrefy
Sound laws at work
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In a sentence
- esEsta manzana está podrida.
- frCette pomme est pourrie.
- itQuesta mela è marcia.
- ptEsta maçã está podre.
- roMărul ăsta e putred.
- caAquesta poma està podrida.
- enThis apple is rotten.