verb/punˈtwaɾ/
to punctuate; to score or gain points
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin pūnctus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Medieval Latin pūnctuārebor. Spanish puntuar Borrowed from Medieval Latin pūnctuāre (“to mark with a point, to prick”).