Where does “puan” come from?

puan (Turkish) comes from Indonesian perempuan, from Indonesian per- -an, from Indonesian sero, from Indonesian pesero, from Indonesian persero, from Portuguese parceiro, from Old Portuguese parceiro, from Latin partiārius — passed , crossed.

puan (Turkish): point; unit of scoring in a game or competition

Definitions

  1. point; unit of scoring in a game or competition

Ancestry of “puan”, step by step

puan traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian perempuan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianperempuanfemale; woman
2Indonesianper- -anhood
3Indonesianserostock, the capital raised by a company through the issue of shares
4Indonesianpeseroshareholder
5Indonesianpersero
6Portugueseparceiropartner, sidekick; fellow
7Old Portugueseparceiro
8Latinpartiāriusa sharer, partaker
9Latinpartiōto share, part, apportion; divide, distribute
10Latinparspart, side, piece, share; some; faction
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

via French point

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpointpoint; full stop, period; stitch pattern
2Middle Frenchpoinctpoint; not
3Old Frenchpointa sting; a prick; moment; time; dot
4Latinpūnctumpoint
5Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Proto-Mon-Khmer punʔ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerpunʔfour

Words derived from “puan

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós