English
punctureproof
From puncture + -proof.
Formed from puncture + -proof
Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- ‘prick, punch’
Proto-Italic *pungō ‘to prick, sting’
Latin pungō ‘to prick’
Latin pūnctus ‘pricked, punctured, pierced’
Late Latin punctūra
English puncture
Today it means
adj Resistant to being punctured.
Sources
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