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Where does “putain de bordel de merde” come from?

putain de bordel de merde (French) comes from French putain, from Old French putain, 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.

putain de bordel de merde (French): holy fucking shit, Jesus fucking Christ

Definitions

  1. holy fucking shit, Jesus fucking Christ

Ancestry of “putain de bordel de merde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchputainwhore, hooker; bitch, cow; fuck, fucking hell,...
2Old Frenchputainwhore, prostitute, bitch
3Vulgar Latinputtaprostitute
4Latinputasecond-person singular present active imperative...
5LatinputoI clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,...
6Latinputuspure; a boy
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
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