Where does “acupunctuur” come from?
acupunctuur (Dutch) comes from English puncture, from Latin punctura, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
acupunctuur (Dutch): acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Definitions
- acupuncture (insertion of needles for remedial purposes)
Ancestry of “acupunctuur”, step by step
acupunctuur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English puncture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | puncture | The act or an instance of puncturing; A hole,... |
| 2 | Latin | punctura | a pricking, prick, puncture; nominative feminine... |
| 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 |