Where does “puntable” come from?
puntable (English) comes from English Punt, from Irish punt, from Middle Irish punt, from Middle English pund, from Old English pund, from Proto-Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus — to stretch.
puntable (English): annoying, small, or weak in a way that evokes the urge to kick them away like a football
Definitions
- annoying, small, or weak in a way that evokes the urge to kick them away like a football
Ancestry of “puntable”, step by step
puntable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Punt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Punt | A country contemporaneous with the |
| 2 | Irish | punt | pound; butt; tip |
| 3 | Middle Irish | punt | — |
| 4 | Middle English | pund | pound |
| 5 | Old English | pund | pound |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *pund | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 8 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |