Where does “puntura” come from?

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

puntura (Italian): sting or bite; prick; injection

Definitions

  1. sting or bite; prick; injection

Ancestry of “puntura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpuncturaa pricking, prick, puncture; nominative feminine...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →