Where does “Buntstift” come from?
Buntstift (German) comes from German bunt, from Middle High German bunt, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
Buntstift (German): colored pencil
Definitions
- colored pencil
Ancestry of “Buntstift”, step by step
Buntstift traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German bunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | bunt | mixed, varied, heterogeneous; multi-colored;... |
| 2 | Middle High German | bunt | — |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |