Where does “pointillé” come from?
pointillé (English) comes from French pointillé, from Italian puntiglio, from Spanish puntillo, from Spanish -illo, from Old Spanish -iello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
pointillé (English): A style of finishing consisting of dotted lines...
Definitions
- A style of finishing consisting of dotted lines...
Ancestry of “pointillé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pointillé | dotted line; perforation; stippling |
| 2 | Italian | puntiglio | obstinacy |
| 3 | Spanish | puntillo | Diminutive of punto; self-love; staccato dot |
| 4 | Spanish | -illo | Added to masculine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 5 | Old Spanish | -iello | A diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |