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Old Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain. Likely a cognate of Italian puttana, and derived from a Vulgar Latin *pūtta, perhaps derived from *puta, feminine of Latin putus (“teeny boy”), but see that entry for issues with the existence of the term in Latin. For the suffix of this word, also compare the -ain ending of Old French putain (“whore”), nonain (“nun”), Mariain (“Mary”), Evain (“Eve”).
Noun
putaña f
- whore
- Synonym: puta
betw. 1246-1252, Gonzalo de Berceo,
Los Milagros de nuestra Señora , (ed. by Claudio García Turza, 1992, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe):
- Dicit al fijo de la mala putaña que venga ante mí
- Tell the son of a bitch to come to me!