Where does “appointee” come from?
Appointee comes from French appointé, the past participle of Old French appointer, derived from apointier meaning to arrange or settle, itself from pointier relating to Old French point, ultimately from Latin punctum, the past participle of punctus meaning pierced or pricked.
appointee (English): a person who is appointed
Definitions
- a person who is appointed
Ancestry of “appointee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | appointé | salaried; appointed |
| 2 | French | appointer | to salary; to appoint; to sharpen into a point |
| 3 | Old French | apointier | to prepare; to equip; to treat |
| 4 | Old French | pointier | — |
| 5 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 6 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 7 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |