Where does “checkpoint” come from?
Checkpoint is a compound of English check (from Old French eschequier, from Latin punctum meaning "a mark or dot") and English point (from Latin punctus, the past participle of pungere meaning "to prick or pierce").
checkpoint (English): A point or place where a check is performed,...
Definitions
- A point or place where a check is performed,...
Ancestry of “checkpoint”, step by step
checkpoint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English check
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | check | A situation in which the king is directly... |
| 2 | English | chequer | The edible fruit of the wild service tree,... |
| 3 | Old French | eschequier | exchequer |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | scaccarium | chess board; chessboard; exchequer |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | scaccus | chess |
| 6 | Arabic | شَاه | king in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah |
| 7 | Persian | شاه | king; shah; king; Something that is the biggest... |
| 8 | Middle Persian | 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 | king |
| 9 | Old Persian | 𐏋 | king |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | xšáyati | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kšáyati | he rules, he has power over |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
via English point
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | point | A discrete division of something; A sharp... |
| 2 | Middle English | point | — |
| 3 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 4 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 5 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |