putto
Meaning
Noun
- A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub.
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Origin
- Borrowed from Italian putto, from Latin putus, a variant of pūsus, from puer, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w-.
- The plural form putti is also borrowed from Italian putti.
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