Where does “putejar” come from?

putejar (Catalan) comes from Catalan puta, 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.

putejar (Catalan): to whore to work as a prostitute

Definitions

  1. to whore to work as a prostitute

Ancestry of “putejar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanputaprostitute, whore, slut; mischievous
2Vulgar Latinputtaprostitute
3Latinputasecond-person singular present active imperative...
4LatinputoI clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,...
5Latinputuspure; a boy
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtósEvery word from Latin putus