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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

  1. The act or an instance of puncturing; A hole,...

Ancestry of “puncture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpuncturaa pricking, prick, puncture; nominative feminine...
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

Words derived from “puncture”

  • acupuncture
  • venipuncture
  • acupuncturist
  • electroacupuncture
  • micropuncture
  • acupunctural
  • electropuncture
  • puncturation
  • galvanopuncture
  • puncturer
  • multipuncture
  • aquapuncture
  • ignipuncture
  • unpuncturable
  • sonopuncture
  • puncturable
  • mesopuncture
  • acupuncturally
  • auriculoacupuncture
  • laserpuncture
  • cardiopuncture
  • パンク
  • פנצ׳ר
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