Where does “poinçon” come from?

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

Ancestry of “poinçon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpunctiaresting, prick
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 “poinçon”

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