Where does “pute” come from?
pute (Latin) comes from Latin puteo, from Proto-Italic pūtēō, from Proto-Italic pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.
pute (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...
Definitions
- second-person singular present active imperative...
Ancestry of “pute”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | puteo | I stink, am rotten, putrid |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | pūtēō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | pūtos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |