語源は不明だが、おそらく原ゲルマン語の *pud, ふくらむ、膨らむ, PIE *bu, 膨らむ, に由来する。
英語の語源
pout (v.)
early 14c., of uncertain origin, perhaps from Scandinavian (compare Swedish dialectal puta "to be puffed out"), or Frisian (compare East Frisian püt "bag, swelling," Low German puddig "swollen"); related via notion of "inflation" to Old English ?lepute "fish with inflated parts," and Middle Dutch puyt, Flemish puut "frog," from hypothetical PIE imitative root *beu- suggesting "swelling" (see bull (n.2)). Related: Pouted; pouting. As a noun from 1590s.
例文
1. She shot me a reproachful pout .
彼女は私に向かって不満そうに口を尖らせた。
2.So had his mouth been set,rather full and controlled,a soft,self-absorbed pout .