Where does “spuntatura” come from?
spuntatura (Italian) comes from Italian spuntare, from Italian punta, from Latin puncta, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
spuntatura (Italian): clipping, trimming
Definitions
- clipping, trimming
Ancestry of “spuntatura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | spuntare | to break; to trim or snip; to tick off |
| 2 | Italian | punta | point, head, tip, top, peak, end; pinch, touch,... |
| 3 | Latin | puncta | nominative feminine singular of pūnctus;... |
| 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 |