Where does “Quantenpunkt” come from?

Quantenpunkt (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.

Quantenpunkt (German): quantum dot

Definitions

  1. quantum dot

Ancestry of “Quantenpunkt”, step by step

Quantenpunkt 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 Quant

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanQuantquantum
2Latinquantumnominative neuter singular of quantus; accusative...
3Latinquantushow much, how many; how big
4Proto-Italic*kʷijentos
5Proto-Indo-European*kʷíh₂onts
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus