Where does “puxa” come from?
puxa (Galician) comes from Spanish pucha, from Spanish puta, from Old Spanish puta, from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta, from Latin puto, from Latin putus, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós — to be clean, pure.
puxa (Galician): inflection of puxar: ## third-person singular...
Definitions
- inflection of puxar: ## third-person singular...
Ancestry of “puxa”, step by step
puxa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish pucha
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | pucha | pussy; expresses pity, disappointment, sympathy |
| 2 | Spanish | puta | feminine singular of puto; whore, slut,... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | puta | whore |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | putta | prostitute |
| 5 | Latin | puta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 6 | Latin | puto | I clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,... |
| 7 | Latin | putus | pure; a boy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |
via Galician puxar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | puxar | to push; to pull; to drive, force, impel |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | puxar | — |
| 3 | Latin | pulsāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 5 | Latin | pellō | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |