Where does “putain” come from?

putain (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta, from Latin puto, from Latin putus, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

putain (Old French): whore, prostitute, bitch

Definitions

  1. whore, prostitute, bitch

Ancestry of “putain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinputtaprostitute
2Latinputasecond-person singular present active imperative...
3LatinputoI clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,...
4Latinputuspure; a boy
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “putain”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →