Where does “pontage” come from?

pontage (English) comes from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

pontage (English): A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges

Definitions

  1. A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges

Ancestry of “pontage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpōnsA bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide
2Latinfractusbroken, shattered, having been broken;...
3Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latinfrangōto break, shatter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- →Every word from Latin frangō →Every word from Latin frangere →