Where does “puntualidad” come from?

puntualidad (Spanish) comes from Spanish puntual, from Medieval Latin punctualis, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

puntualidad (Spanish): punctuality

Definitions

  1. punctuality

Ancestry of “puntualidad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpuntualpunctual, on time
2Medieval Latinpunctualishaving a sharp point
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 “puntualidad”

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