Pout Definition

Origin of Pout

• Middle English pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare Norwegian pute (“pillow, cushion"), Swedish dial. puta (“to be puffed out"), Danish pude (“pillow, cushion")), from Proto-Germanic *pÅ«to (“swollen") (compare English eelpout, Dutch puit, Low German puddig (“inflated")), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell") (compare Sanskrit [script?] (budbuda, “bubble")).

  From Wiktionary

• From Old English pÅ«te as in aelepÅ«te, from Indo-European root beu having a meaning associated with the notion "to swell".

  From Wiktionary

• Middle English poute from Old English -pūte (as in ǣlepūte eelpout)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• Middle English pouten perhaps of Scandinavian origin

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition