Where does “puștancă” come from?
puștancă (Romanian) comes from Romanian puștan, from Romanian puști, from Ottoman Turkish پوشت, from French pochette, from Old French pochete, from Old French puche, from Frankish *pokō, from Proto-Germanic *puhô — "low-pitch humming noise".
Ancestry of “puștancă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | puștan | kid, teenager |
| 2 | Romanian | puști | young lad, a boy |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | پوشت | catamite, Ganymede, a homosexual libertine who... |
| 4 | French | pochette | pocket; sleeve; clutch bag |
| 5 | Old French | pochete | small bag |
| 6 | Old French | puche | bag |
| 7 | Frankish | *pokō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *puhô | bag |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |