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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanapuntarto note, to write down; to sign up; to point
2Catalanpuntpoint; dot, point; dot
3Latinpūnctum—
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →