English

logpoint

From log + point, by analogy with breakpoint.

A compound of log + point

Middle English logge ‘large long stick’

English log

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

Today it means

noun A point in program code at which a message is logged for debugging.

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