Where does “punta” come from?

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

punta (Italian): point, head, tip, top, peak, end; pinch, touch,...

Definitions

  1. point, head, tip, top, peak, end; pinch, touch,...

Ancestry of “punta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpunctanominative feminine singular of pūnctus;...
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 “punta

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
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