Where does “puts” come from?
puts (English) comes from English put, from Old French pute, 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.
puts (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “puts”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | put | To place something somewhere; To bring or set... |
| 2 | Old French | pute | nominative singular of putain; dirty woman; whore |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | putta | prostitute |
| 4 | Latin | puta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 5 | Latin | puto | I clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,... |
| 6 | Latin | putus | pure; a boy |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |