Where does “pugnobati” come from?
pugnobati (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto pugno, from Italian pugno, from Latin pūgnus, from Proto-Italic pugnos, from Proto-Indo-European puǵnos, from Proto-Indo-European pewǵ- — to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab.
pugnobati (Esperanto): to punch
Definitions
- to punch
Ancestry of “pugnobati”, step by step
pugnobati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto pugno
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | pugno | fist |
| 2 | Italian | pugno | fist; punch; fistful, handful |
| 3 | Latin | pūgnus | a fist; a hand with all fingers curled up |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pugnos | fist |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | puǵnos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pewǵ- | to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab |
via Esperanto bati
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | bati | to beat, to strike, to hit |
| 2 | Italian | battere | to beat, patrol, batter, strike or hit; to... |
| 3 | Latin | battere | — |
| 4 | Latin | battuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | to bend, fold |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |