English
langit point
Langit point comes from Tagalog langit ‘sky, heavens’, and goes back to Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.
- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*laŋiCreconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*laŋit‘sky’reconstructed
- Tagalogmodernlangit‘sky, heavens’
- Englishtodaylangit point
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Austronesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*laŋiCreconstructed
- Proto-Malayo-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*laŋit‘sky’reconstructed
- Tagalogmodernlangit‘sky, heavens’
- Englishtodaylangit point
A compound of langit ‘sky, heavens’ + point
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 Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC
Today it means
noun A hypothetical point system that determines whether a person will go to heaven or hell.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC / langit point