appunto

• IPA^(key): /apˈpun.to/, [äpˈpun̪t̪o]
• Stress: appùnto
• Hyphenation: ap‧pun‧to

Back-formation from appuntare.

appunto m (plural appunti)

1. note (brief piece of writing intended to assist the memory)

   gli studenti prendono appunti ― the students take notes

2. reproach
3. (computing, especially in the plural) clipboard, scratchpad

• fare un appunto a (“to find fault with”)
• prendere appunti (“to take notes”)

From a punto (literally “to [the] point”).

• a punto (obsolete)

appunto

1. exactly, precisely
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell] (paperback), 12th edition, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XIX, lines 7–9, page 281:

     Già eravamo, a la seguente tomba, ¶ montati dello scoglio in quella parte ¶ ch'a punto sovra mezzo 'l fosso piomba.

     We had already on the following tomb ¶ ascended to that portion of the crag ¶ which o'er the middle of the moat hangs plumb.

• giustappunto

See the etymology of the main entry.

appunto

1. first-person singular present indicative of appuntare