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Where does “pouten” come from?

pouten (Middle English) comes from Proto-Germanic pūto, from Proto-Indo-European bū-.

Ancestry of “pouten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicpūtoswollen
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbū-—

Words derived from “pouten”

  • pout
  • pouting
  • pouty
  • pouter
  • poutingly
  • hornpout
  • poutily
  • poutful
  • poutsome
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bū- →