Etymograph

English

repoint

From re- + point.

A compound of re- + point

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

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

verb To replace or repair the pointing in brickwork.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “repoint”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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