Where does “putt” come from?

Putt comes from Middle Dutch putten, from Old Dutch putti, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz, from Latin puteus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots -eh₂ and -no-.

putt (English): The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a...

Definitions

  1. The act of tapping a golf ball lightly on a...

Ancestry of “putt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsputtto put
2Middle Englishputtento push, shove, put
3Old Englishpūtian—
4Proto-Germanicputōnąto stick, stab, poke; to push
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbud-to shoot, sprout; to swell

Words derived from “putt”

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