Etymology

pointlike

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Today it means: Resembling a point Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English point
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pewǵ-
  2. Proto-Italic*pungō
  3. Latinpungō
  4. Latinpūnctus
  5. Latinpūnctum
  6. Old Frenchpoint
  7. Middle Englishpoynt
  8. Englishpoint
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. English todaypointlike

From point + -like.

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