Etymograph

English

pertuse

Pertuse comes from Latin pertusus ‘perforated’, from pertundō ‘to beat or thrust through, to bore through’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tunédti ‘to be pushing, hitting’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tunédti‘to be pushing, hitting’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tundō‘to beat, strike’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtundō‘to beat’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpertundōas pertundere, past participle‘to beat or thrust through, to bore through’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpertusus‘perforated’
  6. Englishtodaypertuse

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tunédti‘to be pushing, hitting’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tundō‘to beat, strike’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtundō‘to beat’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpertundōas pertundere, past participle‘to beat or thrust through, to bore through’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpertusus‘perforated’
  6. Englishtodaypertuse

Linked words

through Latin tundō ‘to beat’

obtuse, contusion, 5 more

through Latin pertusus ‘perforated’

pierce

Today it means

adj pierced or punched with holes

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)tunédti / pertuse

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