also

*peug-

, Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to prick."It forms all or part of:

appoint

appointment

bung

compunction

contrapuntal

expugn

expunge

impugn

interpunction

oppugn

pink

poignant

point

pointe

pointillism

poniard

pounce

pugilism

pugilist

pugnacious

pugnacity

punch

(n.1) "pointed tool for making holes or embossing;"

punch

(n.3) "a quick blow with the fist;"

punch

(v.) "to hit with the fist;"

puncheon

(n.2) "pointed tool for punching or piercing;"

punctilio

punctilious

punctual

punctuate

punctuation

puncture

pungent

punty

Pygmy

repugn

repugnance

repugnant

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek

pyx

"with clenched fist,"

pygme

"fist, boxing,"

pyktes

"boxer;" Latin

pugnare

"to fight," especially with the fists,

pungere

"to pierce, prick."