Where does “puntillo” come from?

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

puntillo (Spanish): Diminutive of punto; self-love; staccato dot

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of punto; self-love; staccato dot

Ancestry of “puntillo”, step by step

puntillo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pūnctum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpūnctumpoint
2Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Spanish punto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpuntopoint
2Old Spanishpunto—

Words derived from “puntillo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →