Where does “ponceau” come from?
ponceau (French) comes from Old French puncel, from Latin ponticellus, from Latin ponticulus, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
ponceau (French): corn poppy; poppy colour; a small bridge
Definitions
- corn poppy; poppy colour; a small bridge
Ancestry of “ponceau”, step by step
ponceau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French puncel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | puncel | — |
| 2 | Latin | ponticellus | — |
| 3 | Latin | ponticulus | little 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 |