Put
/pʊt/noun
To move or place something in a particular position.
Did you know?Put is an old native English word with deep Germanic roots, and it survives in forms across several related languages even though its exact pre-English ancestry is partly uncertain.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*putōjaną
“to push, thrust, or poke”
Old English
OE
putian
“to push, thrust, or put”
Middle English
ME
putten
“to place, set, or thrust”
16th Century
English
put
“to place or set in position”
Modern English
English
put
“to move or place something somewhere”