Where does “Pluspunkt” come from?

Pluspunkt (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.

Pluspunkt (German): advantage, plus point, plus

Definitions

  1. advantage, plus point, plus

Ancestry of “Pluspunkt”, step by step

Pluspunkt 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 plus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanplusplus, increased by
2Latinplūsmore; more of
3Old Latinplous
4Proto-Indo-Europeanploh₁is-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus