Where does “ponentino” come from?

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

ponentino (Italian): westerly wind

Definitions

  1. westerly wind

Ancestry of “ponentino”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianponentewest; west wind; present participle of porre
2Latinpōnēnsputting; placing
3Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
4Proto-Italicpoznō—
5Proto-Italicpozinō—
6Proto-Italicsinō—
Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →Every word from Proto-Italic pozinō →Every word from Proto-Italic poznō →