Where does “pont” come from?

pont (Friulian) comes from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

pont (Friulian): point; full stop, period; dot

Definitions

  1. point; full stop, period; dot

Ancestry of “pont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūnctumpoint
2Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →