Where does “puta” come from?

puta (Spanish) comes from Old Spanish puta, from Vulgar Latin putta, from Latin puta, from Latin puto, from Latin putus, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

puta (Spanish): feminine singular of puto; whore, slut,...

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of puto; whore, slut,...

Ancestry of “puta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishputawhore
2Vulgar Latinputtaprostitute
3Latinputasecond-person singular present active imperative...
4LatinputoI clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,...
5Latinputuspure; a boy
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

Words derived from “puta

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtósEvery word from Latin putus