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Where does “pondness” come from?

pondness (English) comes from English pond, from Middle English pond, from Old English pond, from Old English pund, from Proto-Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos — to stretch.

pondness (English): The quality of being a pond

Definitions

  1. The quality of being a pond

Ancestry of “pondness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpondAn inland body of standing water, either natural...
2Middle Englishpond—
3Old Englishpond—
4Old Englishpundpound
5Proto-Germanic*pund—
6Proto-Germanicpundąpound
7Latinpondusweight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a...
8Proto-Italicpondos—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)pénd-os—
10Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch
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