Where does “pontificalement” come from?
pontificalement (French) comes from French pontifical, from Latin pontificalis, from Latin pontifex, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
pontificalement (French): pontifically
Ancestry of “pontificalement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | pontifical | pontifical |
| 2 | Latin | pontificalis | pontifical |
| 3 | Latin | pontifex | a high priest, State minister in ancient Rome; a... |
| 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 |