Etymograph

English

puta

Puta comes from Old Spanish puta ‘whore’, and goes back to Vulgar Latin *pūtta ‘prostitute’.

  1. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pūtta1‘prostitute’reconstructed
  2. Old Spanishc. 950–1500puta1‘whore’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentputa1
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1988puta1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English puta
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1988, Lawrence Bommer, Extremeties/Talking With . . .: “Mastrosimone's (antiheroine?) Marjorie lets in a man who quickly…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*pūttaWiktionary, English puta‘prostitute’reconstructed
  2. Old Spanishc. 950–1500putaWiktionary, English puta‘whore’
  3. Spanishc. 1500–presentputaWiktionary, English puta
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1988putaWiktionary, English puta. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 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’

put, 4 more

Another origin of puta

  1. Dzongkhamodernཔུ་ཏ
  2. Englishtodayputa

Today it means

noun A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “puta”. 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.

Etymograph / Vulgar Latin *pūtta / puta

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