Where does “puso” come from?

puso (Cebuano) comes from Spanish pozo, from Old Spanish poço, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

puso (Cebuano): a water well that uses a hand pump to obtain...

Definitions

  1. a water well that uses a hand pump to obtain...

Ancestry of “puso”, step by step

puso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish pozo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpozowell
2Old Spanishpoçowell (hole in the ground as a source of water or other fluids)
3Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
4Latin-alnoun-forming suffix

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pusuq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pusuq—

Words derived from “puso”

Every word from Latin -al →Every word from Latin puteus →Every word from Old Spanish poço →