# putto

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈpʊtəʊ/

## Definitions
1. A representation, especially in Renaissance or Baroque art, of a small, naked, often winged (usually male) child; a cherub.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/putto