Where does “puntare” come from?

puntare (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.

puntare (Italian): to push, lean, rest, plant, brace; to point,...

Definitions

  1. to push, lean, rest, plant, brace; to point,...

Ancestry of “puntare”, 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 “puntare

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
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