Where does “pontooner” come from?
pontooner (English) comes from English pontoon, 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.
pontooner (English): One who constructs a pontoon
Definitions
- One who constructs a pontoon
Ancestry of “pontooner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pontoon | A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a... |
| 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 |