Where does “pontos” come from?
pontos (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian pont, 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.
pontos (Hungarian): punctual, exact, on time; precise, accurate;...
Definitions
- punctual, exact, on time; precise, accurate;...
Ancestry of “pontos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hungarian | pont | exactly, just, precisely; point; dot, full stop,... |
| 2 | German | Punkt | dot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,... |
| 3 | Latin | pūnctum | — |
| 4 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “pontos”