Where does “pūtēō” come from?

pūtēō (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Italic pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

Ancestry of “pūtēō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicpūtos—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “pūtēō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Italic pūtos →
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