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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

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

Words derived from “ponce”

  • pounce
  • pouncing
  • pouncingly
  • pouncer
  • pouncehug
  • poncer
  • poncif
  • ponçage
  • pausen
  • bausen
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