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
Ancestry of “poynt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | point | a sting; a prick; moment; time; dot |
| 2 | Latin | pūnctum | — |
| 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 |