Where does “ponzare” come from?

ponzare (Italian) comes from Latin punctiāre, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

ponzare (Italian): To push forcefully; to strain; To lay an egg

Definitions

  1. To push forcefully; to strain; To lay an egg

Ancestry of “ponzare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpunctiāresting, prick
2Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “ponzare”

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