Where does “puntilla” come from?
puntilla (English) comes from Spanish puntilla, from Spanish -illa, from Old Spanish -iella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
puntilla (English): The small dagger for administering the "coup de...
Definitions
- The small dagger for administering the "coup de...
Ancestry of “puntilla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | puntilla | puntilla, dagger; puntilla; final blow, coup de... |
| 2 | Spanish | -illa | Added to feminine nouns to denote a diminutive... |
| 3 | Old Spanish | -iella | A diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus:
## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 6 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -elos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |