Where does “tracepoint” come from?

tracepoint (English) comes from English trace, from Middle English trace, from Old French trace, from Old French tracier, from Latin tractiāre, from Latin tractus, from Latin trahere, from Latin traho — to run.

tracepoint (English): A kind of breakpoint that performs a custom...

Definitions

  1. A kind of breakpoint that performs a custom...

Ancestry of “tracepoint”, step by step

tracepoint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English trace

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtraceAn act of tracing; An enquiry sent out for a...
2Middle EnglishtraceA trail, track or road; a pathway or route; One's...
3Old Frenchtracetrace (markings showing where one has been)
4Old Frenchtracier
5Latintractiāretrace, score, delineate
6Latintractusdragged, having been dragged; trailed, having...
7Latintraheresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8LatintrahoI drag, pull; I trail; I extract, withdraw
9Proto-Italictraɣō
10Proto-Indo-Europeantregʰ-to drag, pull?; to run, walk
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰregʰ-to run

via English point

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpointA discrete division of something; A sharp...
2Middle Englishpoint
3Old Frenchpointa sting; a prick; moment; time; dot
4Latinpūnctumpoint
5Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
6Latinpungōto prick; to puncture; to sting
7Proto-Italicpungōto prick, to sting
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpewǵ-to punch, fist-fight; to prick, poke, stab
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ-