Where does “Aussichtspunkt” come from?
Aussichtspunkt (German) comes from German Aussicht, from German aus-, from German Aus, from English out, from Middle English oute, from Old English ūt, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt — out, outward.
Aussichtspunkt (German): overlook
Definitions
- overlook
Ancestry of “Aussichtspunkt”, step by step
Aussichtspunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Aussicht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Aussicht | view, outlook |
| 2 | German | aus- | out- |
| 3 | German | Aus | an out; the end of play for an individual or a... |
| 4 | English | out | Away from the inside, centre or other point of... |
| 5 | Middle English | oute | out |
| 6 | Old English | ūt | out |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *ūt | out, outward |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ūt | out, outward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | úd | out, outward |
via German Punkt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Punkt | dot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,... |
| 2 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 3 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |