Where does “putazo” come from?
putazo (Spanish) comes from Spanish puto, from Tagalog puto, from Malay putu, from Tamil புட்டு, from Tamil பிட்டு, from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞, from Sanskrit पृष्ठ, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pr̥ṣṭʰás — passed , crossed.
putazo (Spanish): a sharp blow, punch or strike; thump; thwack; whack; bash
Definitions
- a sharp blow, punch or strike; thump; thwack; whack; bash
Ancestry of “putazo”, step by step
putazo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish puto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | puto | fucking, goddamn; man-whore; faggot |
| 2 | Tagalog | puto | white rice cake |
| 3 | Malay | putu | A type of kuih made from mung bean crushed with sugar |
| 4 | Tamil | புட்டு | a Tamil dish |
| 5 | Tamil | பிட்டு | puttu, a South Indian dish made of rice flour |
| 6 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | पृष्ठ | the back; the hinder part or rear of anything |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pr̥ṣṭʰás | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pr̥štʰás | back |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥-sth₂-ós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Spanish zapotazo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | zapotazo | thump; thwack; whack; bash |
| 2 | Spanish | -azo | Forming augmentatives; words expressing greatness... |
| 3 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |