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Where does “ponto” come from?

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

ponto (Esperanto): bridge

Definitions

  1. bridge

Ancestry of “ponto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpōns—
2Latinfractusbroken, shattered, having been broken;...
3Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latinfrangō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer

Words derived from “ponto”

  • ponton
  • ponto
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