Where does “pupuț” come from?
pupuț (Romanian) comes from Romanian pup, from Romanian pupă, from Vulgar Latin puppare, from Latin puppa, from Latin pupa, from Latin pupus, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w- — few, little; smallness.
Ancestry of “pupuț”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | pup | kiss; bud; something rounded or mound-like; hump,... |
| 2 | Romanian | pupă | stern of a ship, poop; pupa |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | puppare | — |
| 4 | Latin | puppa | stern |
| 5 | Latin | pupa | girl, little girl; doll, puppet; pupa |
| 6 | Latin | pupus | a boy, a child; a puppet; the pupil of the eye |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |