Where does “putty” come from?
Putty is not directly supported by the given chain, which traces "puttee" and "pot" through Latin roots but contains no etymon for putty itself.
putty (English): A form of cement, made from linseed oil and...
Definitions
- A form of cement, made from linseed oil and...
Ancestry of “putty”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | potée | potful; hotpot |
| 2 | French | pot | pot, jar, vase, tin, can, carton; cooking pot;... |
| 3 | English | pot | A flat-bottomed vessel used for cooking food;... |
| 4 | Middle English | pot | A pot; a circular receptacle or vessel; The top... |
| 5 | Old French | pot | pot; third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | pottum | — |
| 7 | Frankish | *pott | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | puttaz | pot, jar, tub |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | budn- | a kind of vessel; type of vessel; a type of... |