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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | perempuan | female; woman |
| 2 | Indonesian | per- -an | hood |
| 3 | Indonesian | sero | stock, the capital raised by a company through the issue of shares |
| 4 | Indonesian | pesero | shareholder |
| 5 | Indonesian | persero | — |
| 6 | Portuguese | parceiro | partner, sidekick; fellow |
| 7 | Old Portuguese | parceiro | — |
| 8 | Latin | partiārius | a sharer, partaker |
| 9 | Latin | partiō | to share, part, apportion; divide, distribute |
| 10 | Latin | pars | part, side, piece, share; some; faction |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French point
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | point | point; full stop, period; stitch pattern |
| 2 | Middle French | poinct | point; not |
| 3 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 4 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 5 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Proto-Mon-Khmer punʔ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | punʔ | four |