Where does “pontooning” come from?
pontooning (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.
pontooning (English): The art or process of constructing pontoon...
Definitions
- The art or process of constructing pontoon...
Ancestry of “pontooning”, step by step
pontooning traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pontoon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pontoon | A flat-bottomed boat used as a support for a... |
| 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 |
via English ing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ing | A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ing | — |
| 3 | Old English | ing | meadow, water meadow, ing |
| 4 | Old Norse | eng | meadow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | angijō | A low lying meadow in a valley or near a river |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énkos | curve, bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |