Where does “puttanesimo” come from?
puttanesimo (Italian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.
puttanesimo (Italian): whoredom
Definitions
- whoredom
Ancestry of “puttanesimo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | puttana | whore, slut, hooker, harlot, tart; bitch;... |
| 2 | Old French | putain | whore, prostitute, bitch |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | putta | prostitute |
| 4 | Latin | puta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 5 | Latin | puto | I clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,... |
| 6 | Latin | putus | pure; a boy |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |