English
pungle
Pungle comes from Spanish poner ‘to put, to place’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-1‘to cultivate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinéti1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō1‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinō1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnere1
- Spanishc. 1500–presentponer2as póngale‘to put, to place’
- Englishearliest quotation 1858pungle2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Spanish poner
- 2 Wiktionary, English pungle
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1858, Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazi: “I want my dues and must have them —…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-Wiktionary, Spanish poner‘to cultivate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétiWiktionary, Spanish ponerreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinōWiktionary, Spanish poner‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōWiktionary, Spanish ponerreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnereWiktionary, Spanish poner
- Spanishc. 1500–presentponerWiktionary, English pungleas póngale‘to put, to place’
- Englishearliest quotation 1858pungleWiktionary, English pungle. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1858, Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazi: “I want my dues and must have them —…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’
suppose, homeless, compound, impose, bohemian, hamlet, homely, prepositional, hame, 47 more
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti
composition, supposition, preposition, positivism, compostela, apposite, 37 more
through Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’
site, position, situation, posture, repository, compost, exponent, posit, situate, pone, impost, situs, 43 more
through Proto-Italic *pozinō
post, positive, opposite, opposition, opponent, propose, expose, proposition, exposition, consolation, dispose, deposition, disposition, compose, imposition, proponent, expound, suppository, presupposition, compositor, presuppose, 25 more
through Latin pōnere
Today it means
verb To pay or hand over; to shell out
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “pungle”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Spanish poner. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- / pungle