Where does “puncher” come from?
Puncher comes from English punch and the agent suffix -er, with punch deriving from English puncheon, itself from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe meaning to strike or pierce.
puncher (English): A person who punches; A person who keys data into...
Definitions
- A person who punches; A person who keys data into...
Ancestry of “puncher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Punch | A glove puppet who is the main character used in a Punch and Judy show |
| 2 | English | puncheon | A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by... |
| 3 | Middle English | punchoun | — |
| 4 | Old French | ponchon | puncheon |
| 5 | Latin | punctiō | puncture, pricking |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |