Where does “puer” come from?

puer (French) comes 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.

puer (French): to stink, to smell

Definitions

  1. to stink, to smell

Ancestry of “puer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “puer”

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