Where does “put” come from?

put (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch putti, from Proto-West Germanic puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.

put (Middle Dutch): pit

Definitions

  1. pit

Ancestry of “put”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchputti—
2Proto-West Germanicputiwell
3Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
4Latin-alnoun-forming suffix

Words derived from “put”

Every word from Latin -al →Every word from Latin puteus →Every word from Proto-West Germanic puti →