Where does “pond” come from?
pond (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch pond, from Middle Dutch pont, from Old Dutch punt, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- — to stretch.
pond (Afrikaans): pound
Ancestry of “pond”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | pond | unit of mass, often broadly similar to 500 grams;... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | pont | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | punt | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | pundą | pound |
| 5 | Latin | pondus | weight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | pondos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénd-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pend- | to stretch |