puntuación
/puntwaˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f
score
📝 puntuación = punto (dot/point) + -ación: the system of dots, and points scored
Puntuación comes from punto, meaning dot or point. Commas, periods and full stops are all kinds of dots, so punctuation marks are dots on the page. The same root gives the sense of points scored in a game: each point is one punto.