Where does “puntear” come from?

puntear (Galician) comes from Galician punta, from Old Portuguese ponta, from Latin puncta, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

puntear (Galician): to dance, to make the steps of a dance

Definitions

  1. to dance, to make the steps of a dance

Ancestry of “puntear”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianpuntatip, point, end
2Old Portugueseponta
3Latinpunctanominative feminine singular of pūnctus;...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus