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Where does “punct” come from?

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

Ancestry of “punct”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūnctum—
2Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “punct”

  • tidspunkt
  • punkt
  • synspunkt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →