Where does “pulit” come from?

pulit (Maltese) comes from Italian pulito, from Latin polītus, from Latin poliō — to polish, to smooth.

pulit (Maltese): clean, neat, tidy

Definitions

  1. clean, neat, tidy

Ancestry of “pulit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpulitoclean, neat, tidy; broke; cleanly, neatly
2Latinpolītuspolished
3Latinpoliōto polish, to smooth
Every word from Latin poliō →Every word from Latin polītus →Every word from Italian pulito →
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