Where does “putativ” come from?

putativ (Romanian) comes from French putatif, from Latin putātīvus, from Latin putātus, from Latin putō, from Latin putus, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

putativ (Romanian): putative

Definitions

  1. putative

Ancestry of “putativ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchputatifputative, assumed
2Latinputātīvus—
3Latinputātuspruned
4Latinputōto clean, cleanse
5Latinputuspure; a boy
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Latin putus →