Where does “punctum” come from?
Punctum comes from Latin punctum, the neuter form of punctus, a past participle of pungere meaning to prick or pierce, derived from Proto-Indo-European pewḱ-.
punctum (English): A sharp tip of any part of the anatomy; a point...
Definitions
- A sharp tip of any part of the anatomy; a point...
Ancestry of “punctum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | pūnctum | — |
| 2 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 3 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |