Where does “contrepointe” come from?

contrepointe (Old French) comes from Old French coultepointe, from Latin puncta, from Latin punctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “contrepointe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcoultepointe
2Latinpunctanominative feminine singular of pūnctus;...
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 “contrepointe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin punctus
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