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punto m. (Noun) "point" 12th cent. From Latin punctus, passive participle of pungere "to prick" (see pungir). Indo-European Romance Portuguese ponto, Catalan punt, French point, Italian punto Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
puro (Adjective) "pure" 13th cent. From Latin purus 'id.' From Proto-Italic *pūro- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *ph₂u̯-ro- "cleansed." From *peh₂u̯- "to cleanse," but originally meaning "to clean through beating or striking." From an even older root *peh₂- "to strike." Indo-European Romance Western Vulgar Latin: Portuguese puro, Catalan pur, French pur, Italian puro, Romanian pur Celtic Middle Irish úr "green," Middle Welsh ir 'id.' Germanic Old High German fouwen "to sieve" Balto-Slavic Church Slavic pyro "spelt," Russian pyréj "couch grass," Czech pýr "quitch," Polish perz 'id.,' Slovene pȋr "spelt," Lithuanian pū́ras "winter corn," Latvian pùŗi 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek πῡρός (pyrós) "wheat" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit pávate "he becomes clean," Young Avestan pūitika- "for purification" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
pus m. (Noun) "pus" 18th cent. From Latin pus 'id.' From Proto-Italic *pūs- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *pu̯H-o/es- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Portuguese pus, Catalan pus, French pus, Italian pus Celtic Middle Irish othar "sickness" Germanic Old Norse fúinn "rotten," feyja "to let rot" Balto-Slavic Lithuanian pū́ti "to rot" Hellenic Ancient Greek πύος (pyos) "pus" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit puvas- "pus," Young Avestan puiia- "to decay" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
puta f. (Noun) (obscene) "whore," "slut" 13th cent. Origin unknown. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin put(t)a, a feminized form of putus "boy." From Proto-Italic *put-o- "boy." Formed from Proto-Indo-European *pu̯t-lo- "son" (see pollo). Indo-European Romance Portuguese puto, Italian putto Italic Oscan puklum "son," Faliscan putellio "little son," Marsian pucle "to the son," Paelignian puclois 'id.,' South Picene puqloh 'id.' Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic pъtica "bird," Russian pótka 'id.,' Czech pták 'id.,' Slovene ptíca 'id.,' Lithuanian pùtė "chicken," Latvian putns "bird" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit putrá- "son," "animal young," Avestan puθra- "son" Basque Basque puta "whore," assumed to be a loanword Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.