English
interpunctuate
From inter- + punctuate.
Formed from inter- + punctuate
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’
Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’
Latin inter ‘between’
English inter-
Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- ‘prick, punch’
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Medieval Latin pungō ‘to prick, punch’
Medieval Latin pūnctus ‘a point, dot’
Medieval Latin pūnctuō ‘to mark with points’
Medieval Latin pūnctuātus ‘marked with a point or by pointing’
English punctuate
Today it means
verb To add punctuation between words or phrases
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / interpunctuate