Where does “putero” come from?

putero (Spanish) comes from Spanish puta, 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.

putero (Spanish): whoring; whoremongering

Definitions

  1. whoring; whoremongering

Ancestry of “putero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishputafeminine singular of puto; whore, slut,...
2Old Spanishputawhore
3Vulgar Latinputtaprostitute
4Latinputasecond-person singular present active imperative...
5LatinputoI clean, cleanse; I trim, prune, lop; I arrange,...
6Latinputuspure; a boy
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtósEvery word from Latin putus