Where does “mispunt” come from?
mispunt (Dutch) comes from Dutch punt, from French point, from Middle French poinct, from Old French point, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
mispunt (Dutch): foul, miss; jerk, prick, nasty
Definitions
- foul, miss; jerk, prick, nasty
Ancestry of “mispunt”, step by step
mispunt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch punt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | punt | point; The terminal point of something; dot |
| 2 | French | point | point; full stop, period; stitch pattern |
| 3 | Middle French | poinct | point; not |
| 4 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 5 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 6 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via Dutch missen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | missen | to miss, to go without; to spare, to afford; to... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | missen | to miss, to not hit; to miss, to lack, to not... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | missen | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *missijan | to go wrong, fail |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | missijaną | to miss, go wrong, fail |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēyt- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |