Where does “punctus” come from?

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

punctus (Latin): pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...

Definitions

  1. pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...

Ancestry of “punctus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
2Proto-Italic-tus
3Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “punctus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
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