Etymograph

English

repuncture

From re- + puncture.

Formed from re- + puncture

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

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

verb To puncture again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “repuncture”. 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.

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