Where does “puente” come from?
puente (Chavacano) 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.
puente (Chavacano): bridge
Definitions
- bridge
Ancestry of “puente”, step by step
| 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 |