Where does “putte” come from?

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

putte (Middle Dutch): pit, well

Definitions

  1. pit, well

Ancestry of “putte”, step by step

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