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Where does “pond” come from?

pond (French) comes from French pondre, from Old French pondre, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

pond (French): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “pond”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpondreto lay; to give birth
2Old Frenchpondreto lay
3Latinpōnō—
4Proto-Italicpoznō—
5Proto-Italicpozinō—
6Proto-Italicsinō—
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