Where does “puzzare” come from?

puzzare (Italian) comes from Italian puzzo, from Vulgar Latin putium, from Latin pūteō, from Proto-Italic pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

puzzare (Italian): To smell or stink

Definitions

  1. To smell or stink

Ancestry of “puzzare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpuzzosmell, stink, stench; hint, suspicion, inkling;...
2Vulgar Latinputium—
3Latinpūteōto stink, be rotten, putrid
4Proto-Italicpūtos—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “puzzare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Italic pūtos →