Where does “apuntalar” come from?
apuntalar (Catalan) comes from Spanish puntal, from Catalan punt, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
apuntalar (Catalan): to prop up
Definitions
- to prop up
Ancestry of “apuntalar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | puntal | prop, support; mainstay, chief support; stanchion |
| 2 | Catalan | punt | point; dot, point; dot |
| 3 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 4 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |