Mirriam-Webster says that it is probably shortened from Russian "agitatsionnyĭ punkt", literally, "agitation center".[1] Regarding the etymology of Russian "pun

Mirriam-Webster says that it is probably shortened from Russian "agitatsionnyĭ punkt", literally, "agitation center".[1] Regarding the etymology of Russian "punkt" Wikitionary tells us: "Through Polish punkt and/or German Punkt from Latin punctum."[2] [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agitpunkt https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agitpunkt [2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%82 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%BA%D1%8...