Where does “putti” come from?
putti (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.
Ancestry of “putti”, step by step
putti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-West Germanic puti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | puti | well |
| 2 | Latin | puteus | pit, dungeon; well; cistern |
| 3 | Latin | -al | noun-forming suffix |
via Proto-Germanic *puti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *puti | — |