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Where does “perpunte” come from?

perpunte (Spanish) comes from Catalan perpunt, from Latin perpunctus, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

perpunte (Spanish): a padded jacket serving as an armor

Definitions

  1. a padded jacket serving as an armor

Ancestry of “perpunte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanperpunt—
2Latinperpunctus—
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 →