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Where does “pointel” come from?

pointel (English) comes from English voxel, from English volumetric, from English -metric, from French -métrique, from Latin metricus, from Latin metrum, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

pointel (English): A sharp instrument; any sharp-pointed thing; Any...

Definitions

  1. A sharp instrument; any sharp-pointed thing; Any...

Ancestry of “pointel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishvoxelthe three-dimensional analogue of a pixel; a...
2EnglishvolumetricPertaining to measurement by volume
3English-metricForming adjectives corresponding to nouns in...
4French-métrique-metric
5Latinmetricusmetrical; metric, metrical; metric
6Latinmetruma measure
7Ancient Greekμέτρονsomething used to measure: measure, rule, weight;...
8Ancient Greek-τρονForms instrument nouns
9Proto-Hellenic-tronForms instrument nouns from verb stems
10Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
11Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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