Where does “puntet” come from?
puntet (Catalan) comes 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.
puntet (Catalan): little dot; sight of firearm; speck
Definitions
- little dot; sight of firearm; speck
Ancestry of “puntet”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | punt | point; dot, point; dot |
| 2 | Latin | pūnctum | — |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |