Where does “ponce” come from?

ponce (French) comes from Latin pumex, from Proto-Indo-European (s)poH(y)-, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

ponce (French): pumice; hot alcoholic beverage made with gin or...

Definitions

  1. pumice; hot alcoholic beverage made with gin or...

Ancestry of “ponce”, step by step

ponce traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pumex

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpumexa pumice stone; pumice; any porous rock
2Proto-Indo-European(s)poH(y)-foam
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

via Latin Pontius

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPontiusa Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name", famously held by
2LatinPontii—

Words derived from “ponce”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)poH(y)- →Every word from Latin pumex →