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.
puta merda (Portuguese): holy shit expression of surprise or anger
Definitions
- holy shit expression of surprise or anger
Ancestry of “puta merda”, step by step
puta merda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese puta que pariu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |