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puppis.

stern, poop of a ship

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpʊp.pɪs]Classical-Latin[ˈpup.pis]

  1. stern, poop of a ship

    declension-3 · feminine

  2. a ship

    broadly · declension-3 · feminine

  3. backside of a person

    declension-3 · feminine · figuratively
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Pokorny compares Polish pupa (“bottom, rear”) and Ancient Greek πύματος (púmatos, “the last”), from a common Proto-Indo-European *pu (“turned away”), supposedly from or related to *apó (“away, off”), with uncertainties. (However, Pokorny did not consider that the Greek word could just as well reflect *pó-mn̥tos with Cowgill's law.) More information at Sanskrit पुनर् (púnar). An extra-Indo-European comparison such as to Hebrew בוב (būḇ, “to be hollow”) was soon dismissed when the understanding of Indo-European consolidated.

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