Where does “puntuto” come from?

puntuto (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.

puntuto (Italian): pointed

Definitions

  1. pointed

Ancestry of “puntuto”, 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
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