English
puntillero
Puntillero comes from Spanish puntillero ‘cachetero’, from puntilla ‘puntilla, dagger’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- ‘to prick, poke, stab’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewǵ-‘to prick, poke, stab’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pungō‘to prick, sting’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpungō‘to prick’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūnctus
- Late Latinmodernpuncta
- Spanishc. 1500–presentpunta‘tip, point, end’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentpuntilla‘puntilla, dagger’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentpuntillero‘cachetero’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pewǵ-‘to prick, poke, stab’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pungō‘to prick, sting’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpungō‘to prick’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpūnctus
- Late Latinmodernpuncta
- Spanishc. 1500–presentpunta‘tip, point, end’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentpuntilla‘puntilla, dagger’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentpuntillero‘cachetero’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- ‘to prick, poke, stab’
fuck, fist, pivot, pygmy, repugnant, pugnacious, impugn, 38 more
through Latin pungō ‘to prick’
point, poignant, pungent, punto, compunction, pugilist, puncheon, 17 more
through Latin pūnctus
punch, puncture, punctuation, pointe, punctual, punctuate, 8 more
Today it means
noun A bullfighter who finally kills the bull with a blow of a knife.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- / puntillero