Etymology

puto

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Today it means: A rice cake made of boiled or steamed rice. Full definition →

Tagalog puto ← Philippine ← Malay putu
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The story

  1. Tamil · derived fromபுட்டு“a Tamil dish”
  2. Malay · derived fromputu
  3. Philippine · borrowed from
  4. Tagalog · borrowed fromputo
  5. English todayputo

From Tagalog puto (and other Philippine languages), from Malay putu as in Malay kuih putu (“Kue putu”), from Tamil புட்டு (puṭṭu, “a Tamil dish”).

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