puto.
to clean, cleanse
Meaning & usage
to clean, cleanse
to trim, prune, lop
to arrange, settle
to value, esteem, deem, regard, consider
to judge, suspect, suppose
to ponder, consider, think about
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin puto From putus (“clean(?)”) + -ō. The Proto-Indo-European root of putus is uncertain, but its original meaning was likely something like “cut off”. Compare the possible cognate Proto-Slavic *pȳtàti (“to ask, examine”). For sense development, compare dēcīdō.
dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of putus
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