Where does “puntinista” come from?
puntinista (Italian) comes from Italian puntino, 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.
puntinista (Italian): pointillist
Definitions
- pointillist
Ancestry of “puntinista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | puntino | dot, tittle, jot, iota; third-person plural... |
| 2 | Italian | punto | point all senses, jot, iota |
| 3 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 4 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |