Where does “interpungere” come from?
interpungere (Italian) comes from Latin interpungo, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
interpungere (Italian): to punctuate
Definitions
- to punctuate
Ancestry of “interpungere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | interpungo | I place points between words, I point punctuate |
| 2 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |