English
puntello
Puntello comes from Italian puntello ‘prop, support’, from punta ‘point, head, tip, top, peak, end’, and ultimately from Latin punctus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpunctus
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpunctafeminine of punctus
- Italianc. 1300–presentpunta‘point, head, tip, top, peak, end’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentpuntello‘prop, support’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpunctus
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEpunctafeminine of punctus
- Italianc. 1300–presentpunta‘point, head, tip, top, peak, end’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentpuntello‘prop, support’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin punctus
punch, punctuation, puncture, punctual, punctuate, 8 more
through Late Latin puncta
Today it means
noun One of the points sometimes drilled as guides for cutting away superfluous stone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin punctus / puntello