Where does “túsphointe” come from?
túsphointe (Irish) comes from Irish pointe, from Old French point, from Latin pūnctum, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
túsphointe (Irish): starting point
Definitions
- starting point
Ancestry of “túsphointe”, step by step
túsphointe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Irish pointe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | pointe | dot; point; point, scored by driving the ball... |
| 2 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 3 | Latin | pūnctum | point |
| 4 | Latin | punctus | pricked, punctured, pierced, having been pricked;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |