Where does “puncta” come from?
puncta (Romanian) comes from French ponctuer, from Medieval Latin punctuare, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
puncta (Romanian): to punctuate; to score, dot; to emphasize, point...
Definitions
- to punctuate; to score, dot; to emphasize, point...
Ancestry of “puncta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ponctuer | to punctuate |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | punctuare | to mark with points; present active infinitive of... |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |