Proto-Italic

*pungō

‘to prick, sting’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *pungō.

30 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *pungō, most familiar first.

• point ← pointen ← pointier ← pūnctum ← pungō
• punch ← punchen ← ponchonner ← ponchon ← punctio
• poignant ← poynaunt ← puignant ← pungō
• puncture ← punctūra ← pūnctus ← pungō
• pointe ← puncta ← punctus ← pungō
• pungent ← pungens ← pungo
• punto ← punctum ← pungō
• punctuate ← pūnctuātus ← pūnctuō ← pūnctus ← pungō
• compunction ← compunccion ← compunctionem ← compunctus ← compungere
• pugilist ← pugil ← pungō
• puncheon ← punchoun ← ponchon ← ponchon ← punctio
• ponto ← punctum ← pungō

More words from *pungō

• punctum
• punctate
• pugilism
• contrapuntist
• contrapunto
• pourpoint
• pointel
• punctilio
• puntilla
• punge
• pungence
• punty
• puncto
• punctus
• punctiform
• punction
• puntillero
• punctule

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *pungō