Where does “putinasius” come from?

putinasius (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin pūteō, from Proto-Italic pūtos, from Proto-Indo-European puHtós, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.

Ancestry of “putinasius”, step by step

putinasius traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pūteō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūteōto stink, be rotten, putrid
2Proto-Italicpūtos—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure

via Latin nāsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinnāsusThe nose
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “putinasius”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Proto-Italic pūtos →