Where does “putetxe” come from?
putetxe (Basque) comes from Basque puta, from Spanish puta, from Old Spanish puta, from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta, from Latin puto, from Latin putus, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós — to be clean, pure.
putetxe (Basque): brothel
Definitions
- brothel
Ancestry of “putetxe”, step by step
putetxe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Basque puta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basque | puta | whore, prostitute |
| 2 | Spanish | puta | feminine singular of puto; whore, slut,... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | puta | whore |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | putta | prostitute |
| 5 | Latin | puta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 6 | Latin | puto | I clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,... |
| 7 | Latin | putus | pure; a boy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |