Where does “apuntador” come from?

apuntador (Spanish) comes from Catalan apuntar, from Catalan punt, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

apuntador (Spanish): pointing; pointer; prompter

Definitions

  1. pointing; pointer; prompter

Ancestry of “apuntador”, step by step

apuntador traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan apuntar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanapuntarto note, to write down; to sign up; to point
2Catalanpuntpoint; dot, point; dot
3Latinpūnctumpoint
4Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Spanish apuntar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishapuntarto point, to aim, to take aim; to point out, to...
2Spanish-arIn adjectives, indicating membership or status;...
3Old Spanish-arindicates membership or status
4Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus