punt

punt · noun, verb¹

1. Middle Dutch · derived fromponte“ferry boat”
2. Middle Low German · derived frompunte“ferry boat”
3. Latin · derived frompontō“Gaulish flat-bottomed boat, pontoon”
4. Old English · inherited frompunt
5. English todaypunt

From Old English punt, from Latin pontō (“Gaulish flat-bottomed boat, pontoon”), from pons (“bridge”); readopted from Middle Low German punte (“ferry boat”) or Middle Dutch ponte (“ferry boat”) of the same origin.

punt · verb, noun²

Possibly a dialectal variant of bunt. Rugby is the origin of the sports usage of the term.

punt · noun, verb³

1. Spanish · borrowed frompunto“point”
2. French · borrowed frompointe
3. English todaypunt

Borrowed from French pointe or Spanish punto (“point”). Doublet of point, pointe, ponto, puncto, punctum, and punto.

punt · noun⁴

1. Middle English · derived frompund
2. Irish · borrowed frompunt
3. English todaypunt

Borrowed from Irish punt, from Middle English pund. Doublet of funt, pfund, pood, and pound.

Punt · proper noun⁵

1. Egyptian · borrowed fromp-wn:n-t:N25
2. English todayPunt

From Egyptian p-wn:n-t:N25 (pwnt).

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