Definition of PUTTO

putto

Plural: putti, puttoes, puttos

Noun

  • A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub.
  • pl. -TI an infant boy in art

Origin / Etymology

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.

Scrabble Score: 7

putto: valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
putto: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
putto: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

putto is a valid Words With Friends word