Where does “interpunctus” come from?

interpunctus (Latin) comes from Latin interpungo, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.

interpunctus (Latin): pointed, punctuated

Definitions

  1. pointed, punctuated

Ancestry of “interpunctus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatininterpungoI place points between words, I point punctuate
2Latininterbetween, among; during, while
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁entérbetween
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁enin; in, inside

Words derived from “interpunctus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁en →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér →Every word from Latin inter →