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Where does “punte” come from?

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

punte (Italian): plural of punta; toes

Definitions

  1. plural of punta; toes

Ancestry of “punte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpuntapoint, head, tip, top, peak, end; pinch, touch,...
2Latinpunctanominative feminine singular of pūnctus;...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →