Where does “poantă” come from?

poantă (Romanian) comes from French pointé, from Latin puncta, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

poantă (Romanian): joke

Definitions

  1. joke

Ancestry of “poantă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpointépast participle of pointer
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus
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