Where does “puant” come from?

puant (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.

puant (French): present participle of puer; smelly, stinking

Definitions

  1. present participle of puer; smelly, stinking

Ancestry of “puant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpuerto stink, to smell
2Old Frenchpuirto smell (bad); to stink
3Vulgar Latinputirepresent active infinitive of *putiō
4Latinpūteōto stink, be rotten, putrid
5Proto-Italicpūtos—
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “puant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Italic pūtos →