Where does “dupunkto” come from?
dupunkto (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto punkto, from Russian пункт, from Polish punkt, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
dupunkto (Esperanto): colon the punctuation mark ":"
Definitions
- colon the punctuation mark ":"
Ancestry of “dupunkto”, step by step
dupunkto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto punkto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | punkto | point |
| 2 | Russian | пункт | point; point, station |
| 3 | Polish | punkt | dot; point; spot |
| 4 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 5 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |