Where does “puntuable” come from?
puntuable (Spanish) comes from Spanish puntuar, from Latin punctuo, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
puntuable (Spanish): point-scoring
Definitions
- point-scoring
Ancestry of “puntuable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | puntuar | to punctuate; to score or gain points |
| 2 | Latin | punctuo | I mark with a point or by pointing; point, prick |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |