Where does “poynt” come from?

poynt (Middle English) comes 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.

poynt (Middle English): point

Definitions

  1. point

Ancestry of “poynt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchpointa sting; a prick; moment; time; dot
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

Words derived from “poynt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin punctus →