Where does “putona” come from?

putona (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.

putona (Spanish): slut

Definitions

  1. slut

Ancestry of “putona”, step by step

putona traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish puta

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

via Portuguese puta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseputaprostitute, whore, hooker, slut; feminine...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH-Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtósEvery word from Latin putus