puttana

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Italian word puttana comes from Old Provençal (to 1500) putana, and later Latin puta (Girl , think Suppose, for instance, namely.)

putana (Old Provençal)

puta (Latin)

Girl , think Suppose, for instance, namely.

putain (Old French)

(vulgar) whore, prostitute, bitch.

puttana (Italian)

(derogatory, offensive) bitch. (derogatory, vulgar, _, slang) whore, slut, hooker, harlot, tart (British). Trollop, strumpet, whore, streetwalker.

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