Where does “Standpunkt” come from?
Standpunkt (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.
Standpunkt (German): standpoint; stance, point of view
Definitions
- standpoint; stance, point of view
Ancestry of “Standpunkt”, step by step
Standpunkt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via German stand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | stand | first/third-person singular preterite of stehen |