Where does “shot put” come from?
shot put (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.
shot put (English): An athletics event where a competitor must hurl a...
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- An athletics event where a competitor must hurl a...
Ancestry of “shot put”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
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