Where does “punter” come from?
Punter derives from English punt, which comes from English pound, tracing back through Latin -arius and -are formations to Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, meaning to strike or thrust.
punter (English): One who bets against the bank; One who oars or...
Definitions
- One who bets against the bank; One who oars or...
Ancestry of “punter”, step by step
punter traces back through 3 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 Spanish puntero
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | puntero | leading |
| 2 | Spanish | -ero | forms occupations and other agent nouns from... |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Catalan punt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | punt | point; dot, point; dot |