Where does “puntuar” come from?

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

puntuar (Spanish): to punctuate; to score or gain points

Definitions

  1. to punctuate; to score or gain points

Ancestry of “puntuar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpunctuoI mark with a point or by pointing; point, prick
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

Words derived from “puntuar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →