Etymology

puncture

punc·ture
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Today it means: The act or an instance of puncturing. Full definition →

Late Latin punctūra ← Latin pūnctus ← Proto-Italic *pungō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pewǵ-
  2. Proto-Italic*pungō
  3. Latinpungō
  4. Latinpūnctus
  5. Late Latinpunctūra
  6. English todaypuncture

Borrowed from Late Latin punctūra.

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