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”

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