impostume

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀπόστεμα“separation of pus into an abscess”
2. Latin · derived fromapostema
3. Old French · derived fromempostume
4. English todayimpostume

From Old French empostume, alteration of apostume (“apostume, large abscess”), from Latin apostema, from Ancient Greek ἀπόστεμα (apóstema, “separation of pus into an abscess”).

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