Where does “pontello” come from?

pontello (Italian) comes 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.

Ancestry of “pontello”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpuntopoint all senses, jot, iota
2Latinpūnctumpoint
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 “pontello”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →