Where does “apponter” come from?
apponter (French) comes from French ponter, from French pont, from Old French pont, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
apponter (French): to land
Definitions
- to land
Ancestry of “apponter”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ponter | to build a bridge |
| 2 | French | pont | bridge; deck |
| 3 | Old French | pont | bridge |
| 4 | Latin | pōns | A bridge, a construction or natural feature that spans a divide |
| 5 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 6 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | frangō | to break, shatter |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |