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

  1. second-person singular present active imperative...

Ancestry of “pute”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinputeoI stink, am rotten, putrid
2Proto-Italicpūtēō—
3Proto-Italicpūtos—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Italic pūtos →