Where does “ecoponto” come from?

ecoponto (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Ponto, 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.

ecoponto (Portuguese): the set of recycling containers

Definitions

  1. the set of recycling containers

Ancestry of “ecoponto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortuguesePontoPontus god of the sea
2Old Portugueseponto—
3Latinpūnctumpoint
4Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →