Where does “pontosvessző” come from?

pontosvessző (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian pontos, 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.

pontosvessző (Hungarian): semicolon

Definitions

  1. semicolon

Ancestry of “pontosvessző”, step by step

pontosvessző traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian pontos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpontospunctual, exact, on time; precise, accurate;...
2Hungarianpontexactly, just, precisely; point; dot, full stop,...
3GermanPunktdot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,...
4Latinpūnctumpoint
5Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Hungarian vessző

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvesszőcomma; cane; rod, stave, stick, wand
2Proto-Finno-Ugricwaćɜthin, bendable branch or twig
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus
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