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English word puppet comes from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-, and later Latin pusus (A boy, a little boy.)

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*peh₂w- (Proto-Indo-European)

pupus (Latin)

A boy, a child. A puppet. The pupil of the eye (post-class. for pūpula and pūpilla).

pusus (Latin)

A boy, a little boy.

*pupata (Vulgar Latin)

poupée (French)

Doll (object).

poupette (Old French)

puppet (English)

(engineering) The upright support for the bearing of the spindle in a lathe.. (figuratively) A person, country, etc, controlled by another.. (obsolete) A poppet; a small image in the human form; a doll.. Any small model of a person or animal able to be moved by strings or rods, or in the form of a glove.

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