English

Start Point

Start Point comes from English start ‘a tail’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of start ‘a tail’ + point

Proto-West Germanic *sturtijan ‘to fall down, tumble’

Old English styrtan ‘to leap up, start’

Middle English sterten ‘to leap up suddenly, rush out’

English start

Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- ‘to prick, punch’

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Latin pungō ‘to prick; to puncture’

Latin pūnctum ‘point; puncture’

Old French point ‘dot’

Middle English poynt ‘small hole’

English point

Every English word from English start

name A promontory in the South Hams district of Devon, England

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.