Poutine: meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Poutine comes from Russian.

How it developed

From Russian Пу́тин.

Poutine’s family of names

In French usage, Poutine as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Dutch form Poetin. In French usage, Poutine as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Breton form Poutin. In French usage, Poutine as a surname has a conventional equivalent in Putin.

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The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Poutine has relatives in 95 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.

Russianwhere Poutine comes from · 1 name

Путин

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 19

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Poutine

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

How it developed

Poutine’s family of names

Around the world

Across languages 19

Similar names

Pouchiline

Potanine

Boudine

Poustilnik

Pu-tin

Kouzmine

Kousmine

Putina

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