Where does “punctișor” come from?

punctișor (Romanian) comes from Romanian punct, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

punctișor (Romanian): small point

Definitions

  1. small point

Ancestry of “punctișor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianpunctpoint; dot, period; degree, extent
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →