Where does “puncture” come from?
Puncture comes from Late Latin punctura, derived from the Latin past participle punctus of pungō, meaning "to prick," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pewḱ-.
puncture (English): The act or an instance of puncturing; A hole,...
Definitions
- The act or an instance of puncturing; A hole,...
Ancestry of “puncture”, step by step
puncture traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin punctura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | punctura | a pricking, prick, puncture; nominative feminine... |
| 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 |