The story
- Proto-Indo-European*puH-
- Latinputer
- Latinputreō
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Latinputridus
- Old Frenchputride
- Latinputridus
- English todayputrid
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French putride or directly from Latin putridus (“rotten, decayed”), from putreō (“to be rotten or putrid”), from puter (“rotten, decaying, putrid”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.