Where does “Höhepunkt” come from?

Höhepunkt (German) comes from German Punkt, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Höhepunkt (German): highlight; climax; high; high point; orgasm,...

Definitions

  1. highlight; climax; high; high point; orgasm,...

Ancestry of “Höhepunkt”, step by step

Höhepunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Punkt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPunktdot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,...
2Latinpūnctumpoint
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

via German Höhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHöheheight
2Middle High Germanhœhe
3Old High Germanhōhīheight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus
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