Inherited from Malay putus , from Classical Malay putus , from Proto-Malayic [Term?] , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] . Probably equivalent to utus + per- .
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Uncertain . Potentially from earlier * ph₁u-tós or * ph₂u-tós , alternatively from * puHtós if pretonic shortening (" Dybo's law ") affected words of this shape (however, Schrijver argues that such shortening in Latin was likely restricted to cases where a liquid followed the vowel, citing invītus as counterevidence). Zair doubts that Schrijver is correct to distinguish between outcomes of preconsonantal *CHu- and *CuH-, arguing that *CHu- probably became *CuH- by metathesis already in Proto-Indo-European. Despite the similarity in meaning and form, it may be unrelated to pūrus , from Proto-Indo-European * pewH- ( “ to cleanse, purify ” ) . Based on the meaning of the derived verb putō , it has been hypothesized that the adjective putus originally meant "cut" or "cut off". Schrijver proposes this developed along the lines of "pruned" > "cleansed" > "clean, pure".
Conjecture proposed by Joseph Scaliger in his edition of the Catalepton 7 (of disputed authorship; traditionally attributed to Virgil). Three manuscripts read "pothus" and the others read "potus"; accordingly, more recent editions read Pothus ( “ Desire ” ) , i.e. personified Ancient Greek πόθος ( póthos ) . If the conjecture is spurious, the term would be a ghost word .
If genuine, putus would match the base form of pusillus , putillus (see the former for details) as well as a number of Italic and Indo-European cognates. For this reason it has found a circulation in etymological works and is included as a headword by De Vaan. See Proto-Italic * putlos and Latin puer , pūsus , pullus .
Inherited from Proto-Malayic [Term?] , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?] (compare Fijian mudu , Māori mutu ). Probably equivalent to utus + per- .
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