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putto
- /ˈpʊtəʊ/ UK
- /ˈpʊtoʊ/ US
- [-ɾoʊ] US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian putto (“cupid, putto; boy”), from Latin putus (“boy”), a variant of pūsus (“(little) boy”), from puer (“boy, lad; child”), from Proto-Italic *puweros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little; smallness”).
The plural form putti is also borrowed from Italian putti.
noun putti · puttos · puttoes
- A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub. There is in the porch of the present church a tablet to Luke Flood (died 1818) which has much the appearance of having been made up of portions of earlier monuments. It is surmounted by a bas-relief of a winged boy holding an inverted torch. But not only is he a baby putto, not a youth, and without
Translations
Talk about this word "putto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/putto. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. putto. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/putto "putto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/putto.Cite this
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title = {putto},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/putto},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
