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Where does “Ponte Euxine” come from?

Ponte Euxine (French) comes from Latin Pontus Euxinus, from Ancient Greek Πόντος Εὔξεινος, from Ancient Greek Πόντος Ἄξεινος, from Ancient Greek ἄξεινος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

Ancestry of “Ponte Euxine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPontus Euxinus—
2Ancient GreekΠόντος Εὔξεινος—
3Ancient GreekΠόντος Ἄξεινος—
4Ancient Greekἄξεινος—
5Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
6Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
8Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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