put
to think, reckon; to prune
Latin · putare
Latin putare 'to reckon, think; originally to prune/cut clean'. Put- words are about counting up and thinking: compute reckons together, reputation is what people think over, dispute thinks against.
Memory trick
PUT your brain to work: you compute, repute and dispute by thinking and counting.
Words from this root
- compute (com + pute) — to calculate or reckonगणना करना
- computation (compute + ation) — a calculationगणना
- computer (compute + r) — machine that calculatesकंप्यूटर
- computerize (computer + ize) — to switch to computersकंप्यूटरीकृत करना
- dispute (dis + pute) — to argue aboutविवाद करना
- indisputable (in + dis + put + able) — impossible to argue againstनिर्विवाद
- disrepute (dis + re + pute) — loss of good nameबदनामी
- repute (re + pute) — to consider, to be thought of asमाना जाना
- reputation (re + put + ation) — what people think of youप्रतिष्ठा, साख
- putative (put + ative) — commonly thought to be soमाना हुआ, कथित