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punEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *punōną (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of “beating” the words into place.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗punEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (“fen”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗punEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Hindi [Term?].
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Chambers (1908)
1908- PunEnglish · e-38699-4530
Pun, pun, v.t. (Shak.) to pound. [Cf. Pound.]
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Pun, pun, v.i. to play upon words similar in sound but different in meaning so as to produce a ludicrous idea:—pr.p. pun′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. punned.—n. a play upon words.—ns. Pun′nage, Pun′ning, the act or habit of pun
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verbhistorical form
decimate
To destroy or reduce drastically; borrowed from a Latin verb built on “tenth” and first used in English for killing every tenth member of a group.
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hostile
Enemy-like or antagonistic, borrowed through French and Latin from hostīlis, built on Latin hostis “stranger; enemy.”
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SCHOLARLY DISPUTES / 2
resolvedestablishedposition text
Is decimal named after the decimal point?
No. The adjective and noun come from the Latin tenth/ten family; the visible point is part of later notation, not the word’s ancestor.
resolvedestablishedposition text
Is the Roman tenth-member story invented?
No. The Latin and historical punishment sense is real; the error is using etymology to ban later English meanings.
CONTRARIAN TRUTHS / 1
RANK 157GRADE Aranked reveal
The one-in-ten origin is real—and the usage scold is still wrong.
English began with the tenth-member punishment sense, then broadened the word within decades. Etymology records change; it does not veto it.
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