No Matter How You Say It: Punctuality
In Other Languages
Spanish – puntualidad
French – ponctualité
German – Pünktlichkeit
Italian – puntualità
Swedish – punktlighet
Basque – puntualtasuna
Portugese – pontualidade
Word Origin
Punctuality comes from Medieval Latin punctualis c. 1400, “having a sharp point; producing punctures,”. The meaning “prompt” is recorded by 1670s, from the notion of “exact, precise, insisting on fine points,” including the observation of time and the keeping of appointments (c. 1600).
Can you see how punctuality is precise – not fashionably late?
from Online Etymology Dictionary
Sign Language
Can you see the importance of time in Punctual and how Tardy is showing behind?
Punctuality Idioms
“under the wire”
“on the dot”
“on the nose”
“time waits for no one”
“perfect timing”
“timing is everything”
“time’s awastin'”
“only time will tell”
“a race against time”
“a stitch in time”
“on borrowed time”