noun, masculine/pɥi/
well, shaft
Related: puiser, puits artésien, puits de pétrole, puits de science, puits sans fond
Inherited from Middle French, from Old French puis, puiz, from Latin puteus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”). The t was added back in Middle French in order to reflect the Latin spelling and distinguish from the verb/adverb puis.