Where does “puta merda” come from?
puta merda (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese puta que pariu, 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.
Ancestry of “puta merda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | puta que pariu | damn it; bumfuck |
| 2 | Portuguese | puta | prostitute, whore, hooker, slut; feminine... |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | putta | prostitute |
| 4 | Latin | puta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 5 | Latin | puto | I clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,... |
| 6 | Latin | putus | pure; a boy |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |