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Where does “spontone” come from?

spontone (Italian) comes from Italian spunta, from Latin expunctum — accusative supine of expungō.

Ancestry of “spontone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspuntacheck, audit; tick; third-person singular present...
2Latinexpunctumaccusative supine of expungō

Words derived from “spontone”

  • spontoon
  • sponton
Every word from Latin expunctum →