Where does “ponton” come from?
ponton (English) 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 (English): Alternative form of pontoon
Definitions
- Alternative form of pontoon
Ancestry of “ponton”, step by step
ponton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French ponton
| 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 |