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Where does “pwente” come from?

pwente (Chamicuro) 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 (Chamicuro): bridge

Definitions

  1. bridge

Ancestry of “pwente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpuentebridge; long weekend; a day which falls between...
2Old Spanishpuente—
3Latinpōns—
4Latinfractusbroken, shattered, having been broken;...
5Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6Latinfrangō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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