Where does “ponente” come from?

ponente (Italian) comes from Latin pōnēns, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

ponente (Italian): west; west wind; present participle of porre

Definitions

  1. west; west wind; present participle of porre

Ancestry of “ponente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpōnēnsputting; placing
2Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
3Proto-Italicpoznō—
4Proto-Italicpozinō—
5Proto-Italicsinō—

Words derived from “ponente”

Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →Every word from Proto-Italic pozinō →Every word from Proto-Italic poznō →