means A specific intermediate point or stopping place along a route, often marked by coordinates, used to guide navigation between a start and a destination.

from A plain English compound: "way" (Old English weg, a path or road, related to German Weg and ultimately to words meaning "to carry" or "go") joined to "point" (via Old French and Latin punctum, "a pricked dot"). The word itself is fairly modern, rising with maritime, aviation, and later GPS navigation, where a journey gets carved into a string of fixed points to steer by.