Where does “pontméret” come from?

pontméret (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian pont, 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.

pontméret (Hungarian): font size, type size

Definitions

  1. font size, type size

Ancestry of “pontméret”, step by step

pontméret traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian pont

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianpontexactly, just, precisely; point; dot, full stop,...
2GermanPunktdot; full stop, period; decimal point, point,...
3Latinpūnctumpoint
4Latinpunctuspricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;...
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Hungarian méret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianméretsize; causative of mér: to have someone measure...
2Hungarianmérto measure, gauge, weigh, clock, time; to strike...
3Hungarian-sAdded to a noun to form an adjective meaning...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus