Where does “Ponto” come from?

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

Ponto (Portuguese): Pontus god of the sea

Definitions

  1. Pontus god of the sea

Ancestry of “Ponto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseponto—
2Latinpūnctumpoint
3Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “Ponto”

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