The story
- Spanish · borrowed frompunto
- Latin · derived frompunctum“point”
- English todaypunto
From Latin punctum (“point”) via Italian and Spanish punto, from pungō (“to prick, to puncture”). Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, and punt.
Words from the same roots
Spanishpunto all →
punt
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.