Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗intj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryPoint taken; understood; got it.
From Middle English poynt, from Old French point m (“dot; minute amount”), from Latin pūnctum (“a hole punched in; a point, puncture”), substantive use of pūnctus m, perfect passive participle of pungō (“to prick, punch”); alternatively, from Old French pointe f (“sharp tip”), from Latin pūncta f (past participle), all from Proto-Italic *pungō (“to sting, prick”). Mostly displaced native Middle English ord (“point”), from Old English ord (“point”). Doublet of pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.
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- Inherited-form mentionpoyntenm
- Derivation mentionpointfro
- Derivation mentionpūnctumla · a hole punched in; a point, puncture
- Derivation mentionpointefro
- Derivation mentionpūnctusla
- Derivation mention*pungōitc-pro · to sting, prick
- Cognate mentionordenm
- Cognate mentionordang
- Doublet mentionpointeen
- Doublet mentionpontoen
- Doublet mentionpunctoen
- Doublet mentionpunctumen
- Doublet mentionpuntoen
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