Where does “putto” come from?

putto (Italian) comes from Latin putus, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

putto (Italian): putto, cherub, cupid; child

Definitions

  1. putto, cherub, cupid; child

Ancestry of “putto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinputuspure; a boy
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “putto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Latin putus →