Where does “punctiāre” come from?

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

punctiāre (Latin): sting, prick

Definitions

  1. sting, prick

Ancestry of “punctiāre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “punctiāre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →