Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

puntello

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pun-tel-lo
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the points sometimes drilled as guides for cutting away superfluous stone.

Etymology

Etymology tree Italian punta Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Italian -ello Italian puntellobor. English puntello Borrowed from Italian puntello.

Inflected Forms

puntelli (plural)

Questions

What does puntello mean?: One of the points sometimes drilled as guides for cutting away superfluous stone.
Where does puntello come from?: Etymology tree Italian punta Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Italian -ello Italian puntellobor. English puntello Borrowed from Italian puntello.

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