Where does “putting” come from?
Putting derives from Middle Dutch putten, from Old Dutch putti, from Latin putus, meaning a boy or young male.
putting (English): present participle of put; Instigation or...
Definitions
- present participle of put; Instigation or...
Ancestry of “putting”, step by step
putting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English put
| 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 |