puter

Meaning

(declension-3, three-termination) rotten, decaying
(declension-3, three-termination) crumbling, friable

rotten

cariosus

putidus

σάπιος

vermodert

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpʊ.tɛr]

From Proto-Indo-European *puH-; compare Sanskrit पूयति (pū́yati, “stinks, rots”), Ancient Greek πῦον (pûon, “discharge from a sore”), πύθω (púthō, “to rot”), Gothic 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 (fuls, “foul”), Old English fūl (“foul”) (whence English foul), from the same root.