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Somehow never occurred to me that “puppy” and “puppet” might be related. From Latin pupa, “girl, doll.” “Pupil” meaning “student” and “pupil” meaning “a part of the eye” are also from that root. Fascinating: “The eye region was so called from the tiny image one sees of oneself reflected in the eye of another.”

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