Where does “appointé” come from?
appointé (French) comes from French appointer, from Old French apointier, from Old French pointier, from Old French point, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
appointé (French): salaried; appointed
Definitions
- salaried; appointed
Ancestry of “appointé”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | appointer | to salary; to appoint; to sharpen into a point |
| 2 | Old French | apointier | to prepare; to equip; to treat |
| 3 | Old French | pointier | — |
| 4 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 5 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 6 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |