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Where does “interponte” come from?

interponte (Italian) comes from Italian ponte, from Latin pōns, from Latin fractus, from Latin frangere, from Latin frangō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

interponte (Italian): between decks, tween decks; lazaretto

Definitions

  1. between decks, tween decks; lazaretto

Ancestry of “interponte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianpontebridge; deck; long weekend; a day which falls...
2Latinpōns—
3Latinfractusbroken, shattered, having been broken;...
4Latinfrangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
5Latinfrangō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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