Etymograph

English

puffbutt

From puff + butt.

A compound of puff + butt

Proto-West Germanic *puf(f)- ‘to blow, puff’

Old English pyf ‘a blast of wind, puff’

Middle English puff

English puff

Old English byt ‘small piece of land’

Middle English but ‘goal, mark, butt of land’

English butt

Today it means

noun A term of endearment for one who wears a diaper; a crinklebutt, poofybutt.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “puffbutt”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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