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Where does “perponto” come from?

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

perponto (Old Portuguese): padding worn under armour

Definitions

  1. padding worn under armour

Ancestry of “perponto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinperpunctus—
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →