Etymology

pointe

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Today it means: The tip of the toe; a ballet position executed with the tip of the toe. Full definition →

French pointe
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The story

  1. French · borrowed frompointe“point, tip”
  2. English todaypointe

From French pointe (“point, tip”). Doublet of point, ponto, puncto, punctum, punt, and punto.

Words from the same roots

Frenchpointe all →

puntdemipointeLa PointePointe à la HachePointe Coupee Parish

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