Where does “puntal” come from?

puntal (Spanish) comes 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.

puntal (Spanish): prop, support; mainstay, chief support; stanchion

Definitions

  1. prop, support; mainstay, chief support; stanchion

Ancestry of “puntal”, step by step

puntal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan punt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanpuntpoint; dot, point; dot
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

via Spanish punto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpuntopoint
2Old Spanishpunto—

Words derived from “puntal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →