Where does “ponton” come from?
ponton (Danish) comes from French ponton, from Middle French ponton, from Old French ponton, from Latin pontō, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō — to shine, shimmer.
ponton (Danish): a pontoon (buoyant support)
Definitions
- a pontoon (buoyant support)
Ancestry of “ponton”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ponton | pontoon |
| 2 | Middle French | ponton | — |
| 3 | Old French | ponton | — |
| 4 | Latin | pontō | ferryboat |
| 5 | Latin | pōns | A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide |
| 6 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 7 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | frangō | to break, shatter |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |