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acupunctura.

acupuncture;

11 characters5 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[a.kuː.puːŋkˈtuː.ra]Classical-Latin[a.ku.puŋkˈtuː.ra][a.kuː.puːŋkˈtuː.raː]Classical-Latin[a.ku.puŋkˈtuː.ra]

acupuncture
New-Latin · declension-1

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der. Proto-Italic *akus Latin acus Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin pūnctus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pūnctūra Latin acupunctura Coined by 17th-century Dutch physician Willem ten Rhijne in 1683, from acus (“needle”) + pūnctūra (“puncture”).

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