Where does “ponant” come from?

ponant (French) comes from Occitan ponen, from Latin pōnēns, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

ponant (French): The west; The western ocean

Definitions

  1. The west; The western ocean

Ancestry of “ponant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Occitanponen—
2Latinpōnēnsputting; placing
3Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
4Proto-Italicpoznō—
5Proto-Italicpozinō—
6Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “ponant”

Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →Every word from Proto-Italic pozinō →Every word from Proto-Italic poznō →