Where does “apointé” come from?

apointé (French) comes from French pointé, from Latin puncta, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

apointé (French): From which a particular point has been removed

Definitions

  1. From which a particular point has been removed

Ancestry of “apointé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpointépast participle of pointer
2Latinpunctanominative feminine singular of pūnctus;...
3Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus