Where does “ponceau” come from?
ponceau (English) comes from French ponceau, from Old French puncel, from Latin ponticellus, from Latin ponticulus, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō — to shine, shimmer.
ponceau (English): Any of a number of red pigments, some of which...
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- Any of a number of red pigments, some of which...
Ancestry of “ponceau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ponceau | corn poppy; poppy colour; a small bridge |
| 2 | Old French | puncel | — |
| 3 | Latin | ponticellus | — |
| 4 | Latin | ponticulus | little bridge |
| 5 | Latin | pōns | — |
| 6 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 7 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | frangō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |