Where does “bunta” come from?

bunta (Esperanto) comes from German bunt, from Middle High German bunt, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

bunta (Esperanto): multicolored

Definitions

  1. multicolored

Ancestry of “bunta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanbuntmixed, varied, heterogeneous; multi-colored;...
2Middle High Germanbunt
3Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus