Where does “pute” come from?

pute (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.

pute (Old French): nominative singular of putain; dirty woman; whore

Definitions

  1. nominative singular of putain; dirty woman; whore

Ancestry of “pute”, 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 “pute”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Latin putus →