How the Latin language influenced English with the word 'poultice'

'Poultice' is a word borrowed from Latin 'pultes'. The word entered the English language some time around the 15th century.

poultice [noun] [15th century]

A soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions

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Etymology: Middle English 'pultes' from Medieval Latin, literally, pap, from Latin, plural of 'pult-, puls' porridge

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