Where does “puntero” come from?

puntero (Spanish) comes from Spanish punta, from Latin puncta, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

puntero (Spanish): leading

Definitions

  1. leading

Ancestry of “puntero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpuntatip, point, end; pinch, bit
2Latinpunctanominative feminine singular of pūnctus;...
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

Words derived from “puntero

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus