English

quadripoint

From quadri- + point.

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr

Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr ‘four’

Latin quattuor ‘four’

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 at which four borders meet.

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

Etymograph / quadripoint