Where does “pua” come from?
pua (French) comes from French puer, from Old French puir, from Vulgar Latin putire, from Latin pūteō, from Proto-Italic pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.
pua (French): third-person singular past historic of puer
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of puer
Ancestry of “pua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | puer | to stink, to smell |
| 2 | Old French | puir | to smell ; to stink |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | putire | present active infinitive of *putiō |
| 4 | Latin | pūteō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | pūtos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |