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Where does “puke” come from?

puke (Middle English) comes from Old English pūca, from Proto-Bantu puko, from Tagalog po, from Hokkien 傅.

Ancestry of “puke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpūcadevil, demon; goblin, demon; demon, goblin, imp
2Proto-Bantupuko—
3Tagalogpomarks respect toward the person the speaker is...
4Hokkien傅—

Words derived from “puke”

  • Puck
  • puck
  • pug
  • puckish
  • puggy
  • puckishly
  • pugmill
  • puggle
  • puggish
  • puckishness
  • pugmark
  • puglike
  • Pucklike
  • puckster
  • pugger
  • pugginess
  • shufflepuck
  • pucklike
  • puggishness
  • puckhandler
  • puckstopping
  • puckstopper
  • Puck
  • パグ
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