Where does “πουτανάκι” come from?
πουτανάκι (Greek) comes from Greek πουτάνα, from Italian puttana, from Old French putain, from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta, from Latin puto, from Latin putus, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós — to be clean, pure.
πουτανάκι (Greek): Diminutive of πουτάνα
Ancestry of “πουτανάκι”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Greek | πουτάνα | whore, hooker; whore, bitch, slut, trollop |
| 2 | Italian | puttana | whore, slut, hooker, harlot, tart; bitch;... |
| 3 | Old French | putain | whore, prostitute, bitch |
| 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 |