Where does “counterpoint” come from?

I appreciate the challenge, but I need to flag a critical issue: the etymological chain provided shows "English point | English counterpoint" repeating eight times without any older language sources (Latin, French, Old French, etc.) or semantic information. A proper etymology sentence requires: - A chain that actually goes *back in time* to older languages - An identified meaning for "counterpoint" - Sources I can cite accurately Without these, any sentence I write would violate the rules by inventing intermediate steps or dates. Could you provide the actual etymological chain? For instance, it should trace something like: English counterpoint ← Middle French contrepoint ← [and so on back to Latin or earlier].

counterpoint (English): A melody added to an existing one, especially one...