Where does “puta” come from?

puta (Catalan) 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 (Catalan): prostitute, whore, slut; mischievous

Definitions

  1. prostitute, whore, slut; mischievous

Ancestry of “puta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinputtaprostitute
2Latinputasecond-person singular present active imperative...
3LatinputoI clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,...
4Latinputuspure; a boy
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “puta”

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