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Where does “punkto” come from?

punkto (Esperanto) comes 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.

punkto (Esperanto): point; dot : full stop , period

Definitions

  1. point; dot : full stop , period

Ancestry of “punkto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпунктpoint; point, station
2Polishpunktdot; point; spot
3Latinpūnctum—
4Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “punkto”

  • fandopunkto
  • mezpunkto
  • tripunkto
  • bildopunkto
  • kontrapunkto
  • elirpunkto
  • ĉefpunkto
  • bolpunkto
  • rosopunkto
  • frostopunkto
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →