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Where does “puntellare” come from?

puntellare (Italian) comes from Italian puntello, from Italian -ello, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

puntellare (Italian): To prop up, shore up, back up or support

Definitions

  1. To prop up, shore up, back up or support

Ancestry of “puntellare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpuntelloprop, support; help, aid, support; first-person...
2Italian-elloAlterative suffix used to form...
3Latin-ellusAlternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine...
4Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
5Proto-Italic-olos—
6Proto-Italic-elos—
7Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
8Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “puntellare”

  • pontil
  • punty
  • puntellatura
  • appuntellare
  • appuntellatura
  • puntello
  • puntellamento
  • spuntellare
  • pontil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →