English
tutu
Tutu comes from French tutu, from cucu ‘bum, bottom’, and ultimately from Latin cūlus ‘the arse, ass’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcūlus‘the arse, ass’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400cul
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600cul‘arse, ass’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcul‘arse’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcucu‘bum, bottom’playful reduplication of cul
- French, derivedc. 1600–presenttutu
- Englishtodaytutu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcūlus‘the arse, ass’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400cul
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600cul‘arse, ass’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcul‘arse’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentcucu‘bum, bottom’playful reduplication of cul
- French, derivedc. 1600–presenttutu
- Englishtodaytutu
Every English word from Latin cūlus
Another origin of tutu
- Māorimoderntutu
- Englishtodaytutu
Another origin of tutu
- Māorimoderntutū‘mischievous, disobedient’
- Englishtodaytutu
Today it means
noun A ballet skirt made of layered stiff but light netting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cūlus / tutu