Etymology

fetid

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Today it means: Foul-smelling, stinking. Full definition →

Latin fētidus ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
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  1. Latinfēteō
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  3. Latinfētidus
  4. English todayfetid

Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).

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