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Where does “pūtos” come from?

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

Ancestry of “pūtos”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pūtos”

  • puer
  • pozzolanic
  • pozzolana
  • putid
  • punese
  • putidus
  • putens
  • putendus
  • putio
  • putidior
  • putidissimus
  • pute
  • putor
  • puteo
  • putere
  • putide
  • puzzare
  • puzzone
  • puzzi
  • puzzoso
  • putire
  • puzzo
  • punaise
  • bête-puante
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