Where does “puta” come from?

puta (Asturian) comes from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta, from Latin puto, from Latin putus, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

puta (Asturian): whore

Definitions

whore

Ancestry of “puta”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Vulgar Latin	putta	prostitute
2	Latin	puta	second-person singular present active imperative...
3	Latin	puto	I clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,...
4	Latin	putus	pure; a boy
5	Proto-Indo-European	puHtós	pure, clean
6	Proto-Indo-European	pewH-	to be clean, pure

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Latin putus →