Where does “ponteuse” come from?
ponteuse (French) comes from French ponter, from French pont, from Old French pont, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
ponteuse (French): wire bonder
Ancestry of “ponteuse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | ponter | to build a bridge |
| 2 | French | pont | bridge; deck |
| 3 | Old French | pont | bridge |
| 4 | Latin | pōns | — |
| 5 | Latin | fractus | broken, shattered, having been broken;... |
| 6 | Latin | frangere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | frangō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |