Where does “pinxar” come from?
pinxar (Catalan) comes from Spanish pinchar, from Spanish punchar, from Spanish punzar, from Vulgar Latin puntiare, from Latin punctiāre, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Ancestry of “pinxar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | pinchar | to puncture, prick, pierce; to poke; to sting |
| 2 | Spanish | punchar | to pierce; to punch |
| 3 | Spanish | punzar | to perforate, punch; to sting, twinge |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | puntiare | — |
| 5 | Latin | punctiāre | sting, prick |
| 6 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |