Where does “pond” come from?

Pond comes from Middle English ponde, from Old English pund, from Latin pondus meaning weight, derived from Latin pendere meaning to weigh or hang.

pond (English): An inland body of standing water, either natural...

Definitions

  1. An inland body of standing water, either natural...

Ancestry of “pond”, step by step

pond traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English pond

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpond—
2Old Englishpond—
3Old Englishpundpound
4Proto-Germanic*pund—
5Proto-Germanicpundąpound
6Latinpondusweight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a...
7Proto-Italicpondos—
8Proto-Indo-European(s)pénd-os—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

via English ponder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishponderTo wonder, think of deeply
2Middle Englishponderen—
3Old Frenchpondererto weigh, balance, ponder
4Latinponderāre—

Words derived from “pond”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)pend- →