English
pointing
From point + -ing.
A compound of point + -ing
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 The action of the verb to point.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / pointing