Where does “pwente” come from?
pwente (Cebuano) comes from Spanish puente, from Old Spanish puente, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
pwente (Cebuano): fountain
Definitions
- fountain
Ancestry of “pwente”, step by step
pwente traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish puente
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | puente | bridge; long weekend; a day which falls between... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | puente | — |
| 3 | Latin | pōns | A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide |
| 4 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 5 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | frangō | to break, shatter |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |
via Cebuano puwente
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | puwente | a fountain; an artificial, usually ornamental, water feature (usually in a garden or public place) consisting of one or more streams of water originating from a statue or other structure |
| 2 | Spanish | fuente | spring (water), fountain |
| 3 | Old Spanish | fuente | — |
| 4 | Latin | fons | a spring, a fountain; fresh water, spring water;... |
| 5 | Latin | fontis | genitive singular of fōns |