Where does “punction” come from?

punction (English) comes from Latin punctio, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

punction (English): A puncture or prick

Definitions

  1. A puncture or prick

Ancestry of “punction”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpunctiopuncture, pricking
2Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →
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