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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | ponton | pontoon |
| 2 | Middle French | ponton | — |
| 3 | Old French | ponton | — |
| 4 | Latin | pontō | — |
| 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 |