Etymology

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Today it means: A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed, called the pontil mark. Full definition →

French pontil ← Italian pontello ← Latin punctum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompunctum“a point”
  2. Italian · derived frompontello
  3. French · derived frompontil
  4. English todaypunty

1662, from French pontil, from Italian pontello or puntello, diminutive of punto, from Latin punctum (“a point”). Doublet of puntillo and pointel.

Words from the same roots

Latinpunctum all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.