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Where does “poon” come from?

poon (English) comes from English poontang, from French putain, from Old French putain, from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta, from Latin puto, from Latin putus, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós — to be clean, pure.

poon (English): Any of several East Indian trees of the genus...

Definitions

  1. Any of several East Indian trees of the genus...

Ancestry of “poon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpoontangFemale genitalia; the vulva or vagina; Sexual...
2Frenchputainwhore, hooker; bitch, cow; fuck, fucking hell,...
3Old Frenchputainwhore, prostitute, bitch
4Vulgar Latinputtaprostitute
5Latinputasecond-person singular present active imperative...
6LatinputoI clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,...
7Latinputuspure; a boy
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
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