Where does “puttantour” come from?
puttantour (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.
puttantour (Italian): brothel hopping, essentially the same bar hopping, but with prostitutes instead of drinks
Definitions
- brothel hopping, essentially the same bar hopping, but with prostitutes instead of drinks
Ancestry of “puttantour”, step by step
puttantour traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian puttana
| 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 |
via Italian tour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tour | the Tour de France |