Where does “Pontifikat” come from?
Pontifikat (German) comes from Dutch pontificaat, from Latin pontificatus, from Latin pontifex, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.
Pontifikat (German): pontificate
Ancestry of “Pontifikat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | pontificaat | — |
| 2 | Latin | pontificatus | pontificate |
| 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 |