Where does “putto” come from?

putto (Finnish) comes from Italian putto, from Latin putus, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

putto (Finnish): putto, cherub

Definitions

  1. putto, cherub

Ancestry of “putto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianputtoputto, cherub, cupid; child
2Latinputuspure; a boy
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Latin putus →
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