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Where does “Schmelzpunkt” come from?

Schmelzpunkt (German) comes from German 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.

Schmelzpunkt (German): melting point

Definitions

  1. melting point

Ancestry of “Schmelzpunkt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPunktdot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,...
2Latinpūnctum—
3Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “Schmelzpunkt”

  • Schmelzpunkterniedrigung
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →