The story
- Latin · derived frompuella“girl”
- English todaypuella publica
Latin puella (“girl”) + pūblica, feminine of pūblicus (“public”)
Words from the same roots
Latinpuella all →
puellapuella aeternapuelline
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
puella publica
Today it means: A female prostitute. Full definition →
Latin puella