Where does “putta” come from?

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

putta (Vulgar Latin): prostitute

Definitions

  1. prostitute

Ancestry of “putta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “putta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European puHtós →Every word from Latin putus →