Where does “putífero” come from?

putífero (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese puta, 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.

putífero (Portuguese): fuckery, debauchery

Definitions

  1. fuckery, debauchery

Ancestry of “putífero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseputaprostitute, whore, hooker, slut; feminine...
2Vulgar Latinputtaprostitute
3Latinputasecond-person singular present active imperative...
4LatinputoI clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,...
5Latinputuspure; a boy
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtósEvery word from Latin putus