appoint

The story

1. Late Latin · derived fromappunctō“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”
2. Old French · derived fromapointier“to prepare, arrange, lean, place”
3. Middle English · inherited fromapointen
4. English todayappoint

From Middle English apointen, borrowed from Old French apointier (“to prepare, arrange, lean, place”) (French appointer (“to give a salary, refer a cause”)), from Late Latin appunctō (“to bring back to the point, restore, to fix the point in a controversy, or the points in an agreement”); Latin ad + punctum (“a point”). See point.