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