Where does “ponta” come from?

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

ponta (Portuguese): tip, point; nib; beak

Definitions

  1. tip, point; nib; beak

Ancestry of “ponta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseponta—
2Latinpunctanominative feminine singular of pūnctus;...
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 “ponta”

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