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): point; dot; dot or tittle of a character

Definitions

  1. point; dot; dot or tittle of a character

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 →