Where does “contrappuntare” come from?
contrappuntare (Italian) comes from Italian puntare, from Italian punto, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
contrappuntare (Italian): to counterpoint
Definitions
- to counterpoint
Ancestry of “contrappuntare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | puntare | to push, lean, rest, plant, brace; to point,... |
| 2 | Italian | punto | point all senses, jot, iota |
| 3 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 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 |