Where does “punto” come from?
Punto comes from Italian punto, from Latin punctum, the past participle of pungere meaning "to prick or pierce."
punto (English): a point or hit
Ancestry of “punto”, step by step
punto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin pūnctum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 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 |
via Spanish punto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | punto | point |
| 2 | Old Spanish | punto | — |