Where does “puterie” come from?
puterie (Old French) comes from Old French pute, 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.
puterie (Old French): debauchery
Ancestry of “puterie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | pute | nominative singular of putain; dirty woman; whore |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | putta | prostitute |
| 3 | Latin | puta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | puto | I clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,... |
| 5 | Latin | putus | pure; a boy |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |
Words derived from “puterie”