English
puta
Puta comes from Old Spanish puta ‘whore’, and goes back to Vulgar Latin *pūtta ‘prostitute’.
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pūtta‘prostitute’reconstructed
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500puta‘whore’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 1988same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pūtta‘prostitute’reconstructed
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500puta‘whore’
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form
- Englishearliest quotation 1988same form
Earliest quotation: 1988, Lawrence Bommer, Extremeties/Talking With . . .: “Mastrosimone's (antiheroine?) Marjorie lets in a man who quickly…”
Linked words
through Latin putus
account, count, dispute, imp, compute, computation, amputation, indisputable, amputee, raconteur, indisputably, amputate, imputation, depute, disputation, disputable, 11 more
through Vulgar Latin *pūtta ‘prostitute’
Another origin of puta
- Dzongkhamodernཔུ་ཏ
- Englishtodayputa
Today it means
noun A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Vulgar Latin *pūtta / puta