Where does “puntu” come from?

puntu (Asturian) comes from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

puntu (Asturian): dot; full stop, period; point

Definitions

  1. dot; full stop, period; point

Ancestry of “puntu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūnctumpoint
2Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “puntu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →