put-, puta-, -pute, -puter, -puting, -putate, -putation, -putative +
(Latin: to think over, to consider, to reckon, to count; to trim, to prune, to lop, to cut, to clean)
From Latin, puto-, putare: literally; especially of trees, "to lop, to prune" and "to cleanse, to clear"; then (1) "to clear up, to settle"; especially, of accounts; (2) "to reckon, to estimate, to value"; (3) "to consider, to hold, to believe, to think".
—Cassell's New Latin Dictinary; Funk & wagnalls Company; New York; 1968.
repute
1. The state of being held in high esteem and honor.
2. An estimation or character according to what people in general think about someone or something.
3. A good reputation or standing in the viewpoint of others.
reputed
1. A reference to what is accepted by general public belief, whether or not it is correct.
2. Something which is widely believed, although it is not necessarily established as fact.
reputedly
According to general, or popular, belief: "At one time she was reputedly the richest woman in the world".
unaccountable
1. Not answerable or responsible to anyone.
2. Impossible to explain or to give a reason for doing something.
3. Free from accountability; not responsible: "He was an executive unaccountable to anyone except the president."
unaccountableness
Not accountable or responsible; free from control.
unaccountably
1. In an unaccountable manner.
2. For some unknown and usually puzzling reason.
3. Not able to be explained or understood: "She said she felt unaccountably good when she got up this morning."
Related cutting-word units:
castrat-;
-cise, -cide;
-ectomy;
sec-, seg-;
temno-;
-tomy;
trunc-.
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