Etymology

punge

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Today it means: To pierce, prick, puncture. Full definition →

Latin pungere ← Proto-Italic *pungō ← Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pewǵ-
  2. Proto-Italic*pungō
  3. Latinpungere
  4. English todaypunge

Learned borrowing from Latin pungere.

Words from the same roots

Latinpungō all →

poignant

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