Where does “putz” come from?
putz (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese puta merda, 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 — to be clean, pure.
putz (Portuguese): Used to emphasize something that has gone wrong
Definitions
- Used to emphasize something that has gone wrong
Ancestry of “putz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | puta merda | holy shit expression of surprise or anger |
| 2 | Portuguese | puta que pariu | damn it; bumfuck |
| 3 | Portuguese | puta | prostitute, whore, hooker, slut; feminine... |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | putta | prostitute |
| 5 | Latin | puta | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 6 | Latin | puto | I clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,... |
| 7 | Latin | putus | pure; a boy |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | puHtós | pure, clean |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pewH- | to be clean, pure |