English

point out

To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.

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    Origin

    From point and out. Instead of pointing to a particular thing, the term implies pointing to one particular thing out of several similar things, or to a thing in a scene where it might not be readily seen.

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    • derivedEnglishpoint “Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishpoynt
        • borrowedOld Frenchpoint

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