Where does “put” come from?

put (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch put, from Middle Dutch put, from Old Dutch putti, from Proto-West Germanic puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

put (Afrikaans): well; pit

Definitions

  1. well; pit

Ancestry of “put”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchputpit, well; drain
2Middle Dutchputpit
3Old Dutchputti
4Proto-West Germanicputiwell
5Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
6Latin-alnoun-forming suffix

Words derived from “put

Every word from Latin -al